Wed 18 Mar 2015 in 50,20: 50.0865950, 20.0096080 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
NOTE: According to Eupeodes's interactive map, the coordinates for today were 50.08659495, 20.00960795.
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Location
In the median strip of a major street in Cracow (aleja generała Władysława Andersa), close to a pedestrian crosswalk. Here's an image from Eupeodes's page:
Participants
- Malgond and his boys.
Plans
I have not decided yet if I would go by car or by bus.
There's a bus stop which can be reached by going by bus 178 right from my home up to the intersection of Wiślicka and Bora-Komorowskiego streets:
And a close up:
If at all, it is going to be a no-batteries expedition. Here are measurements taken with Google Maps.
Expedition
We got there successfully. I have decided to take a bus for today's trip. The photos are not top quality, since it was dark already, but I did my best.
A pleasant evening
I had to stay a bit late at work so before I got home and the boys got dressed up it was already 7 p.m. local time. The air outside was brisk but not cold. The sun has set and the sky in the west was completely dark - but to my delight Venus was shining brighly high above the horizon. I tried my best to make a photo with my compact camera and without a tripod and then enhance the image, and this is what I got. The view is to the west over the fields we walked through in our previous expedition. The glare from the street lamps extracts the nearby grass and bushes from the darkness; on the horizon there loom dark figures of trees and some distant lights. The Evening Star is high up.
The bus ride
After contemplating the view for a short time, we went to the nearby bus terminus to get the 178 bus. It arrived soon and we got in for a 40-minute ride. We got out at the stop in Wiślicka street.
Walk to the hash
After getting off the bus we walked along north side of the Andersa street (route 79 on the map) on a nice new wide sidewalk with a bike lane, taking photos of the features we were passing by. After getting to the crosswalk I had surveyed to be near the hashpoint on Google maps, I produced a measuring tape from my backpack and instructed the boys to find the spot. We've arrived there at 8:20 p.m. local time.
The return journey
To be continued...
Photos
Unsorted photos. They will be moved to the expedition section shortly.
Achievements
Malgond earned the Drag-along achievement
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Malgond earned the Public transport geohash achievement
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Malgond earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
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