2025-01-09 50 11
Thu 9 Jan 2025 in Erfurt: 50.8343160, 11.1658143 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Today's location is in a very muddy field, next to a very muddy field track, thanks to the rain. It's near Stedten/Ilm, which belongs to Kranichfeld.
Country: Germany; state: Thüringen (Thuringia, EU:DE:TH); district: Weimarer Land (Weimar rural district, or Apolda district)
Expedition
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After testing and buying a new trumpet near Weimar, I planned to pass the weekend at Würzburg visiting friends. This hashpoint was along the route, so I had to go there. I drove through Bad Berka (even without taking a wrong turn and ending up at the hospital, third time's the charm after 2019 and 2021) and Kranichfeld, then left the state road at Barchfeld and reached Stedten. From there, the route to the hashpoint was very easy in theory, just walk straight ahead along a field track. But it had been slightly raining since noon, so I put on my old dirt shoes and took my umbrella. The field track was muddy and I had to navigate muddy puddles and slippery ground while the mud piled up under my soles before I decided to walk on the grass next to the track, which was also wet and slippery but with less mud. Some sheep watched me, but ran away when I took a picture.
The spot was a bit off the track in an empty field. Since there were no plants growing in it, I could have reached the exact spot, but because of the mud I declared the coordinates reached while in truth still being a few meters off. Then I made my way back to the car, again navigating the muddy track, this time being ignored by a horse. Now happily back in the dry car, I drove back to the state road and continued south through Stadtilm until I reached the Autobahn A71. It had still been raining slightly all this time, but around 4 p.m. the sky got really dark, like at dusk which was still an hour off. On the Autobahn, a strong downpour started, which turned into sleet in the higher mountains between Ilmenau and Suhl. It got so bad that there was a temporary speed limit of 40 km/h on the Autobahn! I reached my friends' place much later than planned, but still had a great weekend.
The distance along the route I took was 6.5 km shorter than the normal route that stayed on the Autobahn, yay!
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