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Polski

05-Apr-2009

My 100th unique confluence point

8th confluence visit out of a trip of 8

Continued from 49°N 10°E

The last confluence point during my five days tour was going to be also my 100th unique confluence point I have visited. Coming from 49N 10E I passed by a fairy-tale-like little city of Dinkelsbühl and after an hour’s drive I came at Weißenburg in Bayern. It stopped raining and the sun came out in the sky. Behind Weißenburg the B13 road for Ingolstadt steeply ascended. After ca. 3 km I turned right into a forest road leading towards the confluence point.

I drove ca. 1.5 km through the forest and came to an opening very close to the CP. Because of the distance I still had to drive (over 750 km) I was not going to spend too much time on searching the exact spot but I managed to get all zeroes fairly quickly. I localized the confluence near a shooting platform at the edge of the forest. The forest on the other side of the track was fenced in so I was lucky the point hadn’t been there. The sun was pleasantly shining and it was quite warm (15 ˚C) as compared to the cold and rainy morning.

It was my 108th confluence visit and the 100th unique confluence point I have visited. A couple of reflections on my five years presence in the project I presented with my 100th confluence visit so now I include only a bit of statistics.

Visit details:

• Time at the CP: 11:46
• Distance to the CP: 0 m
• GPS accuracy: 10 m
• GPS altitude: 515 m asl
• Temperature: 15 °C

My track (PLT file) is available here.

Summary of my 100 unique confluence points

Visits by:

• Distance from Poznań (N 52° 24′, E 16° 55′) as the crow flies:
• Nearest: 45 km – 52°N 17°E (Cichowo near Dolsk, Poland)
• Farthest: 1226 km – 52°N 01°W (Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK)
• Length of the trip:
• Shortest: 39 km – round trip from Niechorze to 54°N 15°E (Niczonów near Rewal, Poland)
• Longest: ca. 3500 km – Poznań – Warsaw (train) – Paris Orly (plane) – Saint-Denis – Triel-sur-Seine (train) – 49°N 02°E (on foot) and back
• Temperature:
• Coldest: -10 ˚C – on 11th February 2007 at 54°N 22°E (Sucholaski near Giżycko, Poland)
• Hottest: +31 ˚C – on 26th July 2008 at 53°N 14°E (Angermünde, Germany)
• Altitude above sea level (according to my GPS readings):
• Lowest: 0 m (sea level) – 54°N 14°E (Achterwasser bay, Baltic Sea, Germany)
• Highest: +907 m a.s.l. – 47°N 15°E (Pack, Austria)
• Distance to walk:
• Shortest: 0 m – several drive-up confluences, e.g. 47°N 16°E (Untertiefenbach, Austria)
• Longest: 16 km (the whole route) – 52°N 21°E (Pęchery near Piaseczno, Poland)
• Distance to the confluence point (incl. GPS accuracy, according to my GPS):
• Closest to the confluence point (best accuracy) – a dozen of points with 4 m accuracy
• Most distant form the confluence (yet still within the allowed range of 100 m):
• 92 m – 51°N 20°E (Kajetanów near Włoszczowa, Poland)
• 87 m – 49°N 10°E (Spatzenhof, Germany)
• Median (second quartile) of distance + accuracy: 6 m
• Companionship (refers to the actual presence at the confluence point, not the trip / journey as a whole):
• Alone: 83 (+4 revisit)
• In company: 17 (+4 revisits):
• With Mum: 5
• With Gordon Spence: 3 (+ 3 revisits)
• With Magda & Ania (wife & daughter): 3 (+1 revisit)
• Others: 6
• Means of transport (counted only the last one used before reaching the CP):
• By car: 87 (+8 revisits)
• By train: 8 (including a special retro train)
• By bus: 4
• By ship: 1 – 54°N 14°E (Achterwasser bay, Baltic Sea, Germany)
• Number of confluences visited during one day (without revisits):
• 3 – 6 times
• 2 – 13 times
• 1 – 56 times
• Number of confluences visited during one journey:
• 8 – between 21st and 25th May 2006, starting at 52°N 11°E (Eilsdorf, Germany)
• 8 – between 2nd and 5th April 2009, starting at 49°N 15°E (Rottal, Austria)
• Visit’s number (without revisits):
• #1: 0 (unfortunately…)
• #2: 26
• #3: 15
• #4: 11
• #5: 12
• #6: 4
• #7: 8
• #8: 6
• #9: 6
• #10: 4
• #11: 5
• #14: 1
• #15: 1
• #17: 1 – 52°N 01°W (Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK)
• Years:
• 2004: 13
• 2005: 22
• 2006: 26 (+2 revisits)
• 2007: 7 (+2 revisits)
• 2008: 17 (+3 revisits)
• 2009: 15 (+1 revisit)
• Months:
  • Jan: 0 (+1 revisit)
  • Feb: 3
  • Mar: 14
  • Apr: 15 (+3 revisit)
  • May: 23 (+1 revisit)
  • Jun: 7
  • Jul: 8
  • Aug: 5
  • Sep: 13
  • Oct: 5 (+1 revisit)
  • Nov: 4
  • Dec: 3 (+2 revisit)
• Hour:
• Earliest: 07:45 – 51°N 07°E (Köln, Germany)
• Latest: 19:28 – 48°N 12°E (Aßling, Germany)
• Country:
• Poland: 40 (+5 revisits) – country completed (land confluences)
• Germany: 32
• Czech Republic: 10 – country completed
• Austria: 8
• United Kingdom: 3 (+ 3 revisits)
• Italy: 2
• Netherlands: 2
• Slovakia: 2
• France: 1
• Hemisphere:
• Eastern / Western:
• Eastern: 97 (+5 revisits)
• 0°E/W: 1 (+1 revisit)
• Western: 2 (+2 revisit)
• Northern / Southern:
• Northern: 100 (+8 revisits)
• Southern: 0
• Lines with the greatest number of visits (without revisits):
• Longitude: 8 visits on the 15th and 16th degree
• Latitude: 20 visits on the 52nd degree
• Outermost visits:
• Northern: 11 visits on the 54th degree of latitude (Poland and Germany)
• Southern: 42°N 12°E (Santa Severa, Italy)
• Eastern: 5 visits on the 23rd degree of longitude (Poland)
• Western: 52°N 01°W (Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK) and 53°N 01°W (Lowdham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK)
• Location of the confluence point:
• Forest: 38
• Field: 37
• Meadow: 13
• Garden (near a house): 2
• Farm buildings: 2
• Pond: 2
• Road: 2
• Railway track: 1 – 52°N 12°E (Güterglück, Germany)
• Police station: 1 – 53°N 14°E (Angermünde, Germany)
• Castle: 1 – 50°N 14°E (Nižbor, Czech Republic)
• Sea: 1 – 54°N 14°E (Achterwasser bay, Baltic Sea, Germany)
• Monuments near the confluence point:
  • 48°N 12°E (Aßling, Germany)
  • 48°N 15°E (Gresten, Austria)
  • 49°N 10°E (Spatzenhof, Germany)
  • 49°N 15°E (Rottal, Austria)
  • 50°N 10°E (Arnstein, Germany)
  • 50°N 21°E (Tarnów, Poland)
  • 51°N 14°E (Lohmen, Germany)
  • 51°N 16°E (Muchów, Poland)
  • 52°N 07°E (Stadtlohn, Germany)
  • 52°N 08°E (Milte, Germany)
  • 52°N 10°E (Evensen, Germany)
• Most difficult:
• 51°N 21°E – rain & snow, marshy area, poor satellite reception, short December day (Poland)
• 51°N 23°E – tremendous amount of mud (Poland)
• 51°N 20°E – wet, wet, wet… (Poland)
• 52°N 05°E – hurricane at the drive-up confluence (Netherlands)
• 42°N 12°E – how to get out of a military base? (Italy)
• 50°N 13°E – rain, cold, mud and poor satellite reception (Czech Republic)
• 48°N 16°E – exhausting steep ascent in hot, muggy air (Austria)
• 54°N 14°E – how to convince the captain (in German!) to sail the ship to the confluence? (Germany)
• And finally – most beautiful confluence points (without any specific order, according to my subjective opinion – mainly due to beautiful weather):
• 54°N 18°E – at the lake Chądzie (Poland)
• 54°N 17°E – on the slope of a meadow (Poland)
• 52°N 15°E – in a pond (Poland)
• 52°N 23°E – at the shore of a stream (Poland)
• 54°N 23°E – in the Wigry National Park (Poland)
• 51°N 14°E – in Saxon Switzerland (Germany)
• 49°N 16°E – a meadow between a stream and a forest (Czech Republic)
• 42°N 12°E – a field 600 m away from the seashore (Italy)
• 49°N 19°E – in the Veľká Fatra mountains (Slovakia)
• 49°N 15°E – in the forest at the Staňkovský rybník reservoir (Austria)

Polski

05 kwietnia 2009 -- Mój setny unikatowy punkt przecięcia

Ostatni punkt przecięcia podczas mojej pięciodniowej podróży miał być również moim setnym unikatowym przecięciem jakie odwiedziłem. Jadąc od strony 49N 10E minąłem bajkowe miasteczko Dinkelsbühl i po godzinnej podróży dotarłem do miejscowości Weißenburg in Bayern. Przestało padać, a na niebie pojawiło się słońce. Za Weißenburgiem droga B13 w kierunku Ingolstadt zaczęła gwałtownie się wznosić. Po ok. 3 km skręciłem w prawo, w leśny dukt prowadzący w stronę przecięcia.

Przejechałem przez las ok. 1,5 km i dotarłem do polany w pobliżu punktu przecięcia. Miałem przed sobą jeszcze długą drogę (ponad 750 km), więc nie zamierzałem spędzać zbyt wiele czasu na poszukiwaniu dokładnej lokalizacji przecięcia, ale stosunkowo szybko udało mi się uzyskać same zera. Punkt przecięcia znajdował się przy ambonie myśliwskiej na skraju lasu. Las po drugiej stronie drogi był ogrodzony, miałem więc szczęście, że przecięcie nie znajdowało się akurat tam. Słońce przyjemnie przygrzewało, i było całkiem ciepło (15 ˚C) w porównaniu z zimnym porankiem.

Była to moja 108 wizyta na przecięciu i setny punkt przecięcia jaki odwiedziłem. Garść refleksji nad pięcioma latami uczestnictwa w projekcie przedstawiłem przy okazji mojej setnej wizyty, teraz więc zamieszczam jedynie nieco danych statystycznych.