10-Aug-2024 -- This is the 1st out of 10 reports visiting confluence points during a 10-day bicycle trip from Biała Podlaska (Poland) to Chemnitz (Germany). My goal was to fill the gap of confluence points in Poland that I haven’t visited yet.
Late Friday evening I arrived by airplane at the airport of Warsaw. The next morning, I took a train to the little town Biała Podlaska, in the very east of Poland. A short 10km-ride along the railway line was necessary to reach this confluence point. I parked my bicycle in a mixed forest at a distance of 260 m from the confluence point. After a short stroll, I reached it right at the edge of a swamp. This time I was lucky, I just could get there with keeping my feet dry.
CP Visit Details:
- Distance to a road: 1 km
- Distance to a track: 260 m
- Distance of bicycle parking: 260 m
- Time to reach the CP from the track: 5 min
- Time at the CP: 9:49 AM
- Measured height: 126 m
- Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
- Position accuracy: 3 m
- Topography: flat
- Vegetation: reeds, grass, flowers, Pine trees, beech trees.
- Weather: sunny, 26° C (felt temperature)
- Given Name: The Swamp Edge Confluence
The story continues at 51°N 23°E.