2008-11-24 49 9

Mon 24 Nov 2008 in Würzburg: 49.2317385, 9.1789348 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The hashpoint is right in front of the diocese church St. Peter in Bad Wimpfen. This church is ranked as one of the most significant examples of early German Gothic architecture, so the hashpoint makes for a refreshing change from all the damn fields those hashpoints usually tend to lie in.

Expedition

ilpadre

Planning: I really hope i can make it! This would not only be a new graticule for me, but an expedition in the true spirit of geohashing, taking me to an interesting place I most likely would never have seen otherwise.

Looks like I don't have to work on Monday. I think I'll take the 9:21 train in Heidelberg and arrive at about 11:00 at the hashpoint (given the usual train delays and a ten minute walk).

Very nice, only 47 to go for the migration geohash. Do you want to join us for 48 10? (Back home at 19:48 or 21:03.) - Danatar 13:13 MEZ

Danatar

Planning: I will arrive at Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld train station at 11:00 and be at the hashpoint to make sure that ilpadre behaves well in my graticule (i.e. does not use foul language as seen above / wash his feet with holy water / cut occult symbols into the church benches...). If no other obligations show up until Monday, I'll take the 12:12 train to go to the 48 10 hashpoint afterwards (I pay the ticket = I use the ticket).

My 48 10 trip will be: 12:12 Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld -> Stuttgart -> Ulm -> Illertissen 15:13 -> to the hashpoint and back (13km) by bike -> return train at 15:58 or 16:25 -> Ulm -> Heilbronn -> back in Würzburg at 20:30 or 21:22. - Danatar 13:13

Ekorren

Considering: I just saw that the 48,10 hash is at Buch near Illertissen. Due to something that's crazy even in terms of geohashing, I need to go there some day not too far in future. Would be tempting to make that a multihash and a good start for the minesweeper, although I'd prefer better weather, a later date, and some more daylight for that trip.

HOORAY for Illertissen! I had planned to leave a note on your page anyway (because you didn't allow me to visit 48 8). If you are at the 49 9 hashpoint by the time ilpadre and I are there (~11:30), I already have all the maps and plans ready. You could be back at TÜ by 18:23. - Danatar 13:13

Additional question: Is there a reasonable way to cross the Neckar river by bike to get from Jagstfeld to Wimpfen im Tal? According to the aerial photo on google maps, it could be possible to use the railway bridge but I honestly don't remember whether it's accessible and legal although I went that line countless times... And last time I was there by bike, I came from Untereisesheim and proceeded to Wimpfen am Berg. I even could prove I've been there but I missed the hashpoint by 30m, so no DejaVu...

There is a bridge between the Bad Friedrichshall-Jagstfeld train station and the hashpoint visible on the satellite view. Openstreetmap.org says it is possible for pedestrians, too. I depend on this bridge to get to the hashpoint and back in time. - Danatar 13:13

I know I should have checked OSM! That actually is the railway bridge, which seems to carry a pedestrians walkway additional to the track, most definitely on the base for the planned but never finished second track. To be sure: You plan to take the bike to get from the stations to the hashpoints, don't you? Cause it looks a bit too ambitious for walking.

Schedule Squeezing: Ok, let's think it through. I could start with the 9:00 IRE train from Tübingen, arriving at Stuttgart at 9:43. Catching the 9:45 to Jagstfeld (there 10:47) would be virtually impossible unless it goes from the same platform (which it doesn't). I estimate the chance to catch that train to be around 3.84% which proved to be a pretty sure thing last week. If I miss it, the next connection will arrive at Jagstfeld at 11:14 or at Wimpfen at 11:21 (I actually think the latter would be faster to get to the hashpoint, so do not wait for me at Jagstfeld in this case). Then I'd race to the hashpoint and should arrive there around 11:30.

12:12 from Jagstfeld would take us to Illertissen arriving 15:13, i.e. around 15:30 at the hashpoint. When at Buch, I need to leave some books there, buy postcards (which could get difficult at such a place), scout whether there is anything worth visiting, and document my visit for another report, so I'd stay there for some time and not take the first train back. That actually is the reason why I would have preferred to arrive there more than one hour before nightfall. Damn daylight-wasting-time.

Sober twenty-second thought: There are still a number of things which keep me from going. First, fixing my bike's lights proved to be more difficult than expected, and I'll probably need spare parts I currently don't have in stock. The battery light is a bit on the weak side, ok for city traffic, not really good to get back to Illertissen in the dark. Second, I don't know yet whether I can shift all other plans from tomorrow to tuesday. Third, there's the money part (the ticket alone is 22,50 which actually isn't a bargain for me at the moment). Fourth, the weather forecast still isn't too promising, though getting better.