Kõnnu

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-11-11 19:41:42 UTC
GDBX-MOOR

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBX-MOOR is near Kõljala, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-11-02, 3, 3, GDBX-MOOR, Estonia, , 58.3458, 22.6832, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 45

Like i've been lately trying to do, also on this time I decided to enjoy the features of local bus traffic. The point was just 19km from my home anyway. It was on a meadow, few meters from forest. After visiting, i took a longer walk in the forest behind it. When i wanted to take the bus back, the bus driver almost drove by me when i was standing in the bus stop. Only after I raised my hand, he finally stopped about 30-40m past me. That was a close one, but eventually i still got on it. And of course it was the last bus back on that day. Next morning i discovered a tick from the skin of my stomach. Dead. I must be poisonous.

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A tick on my GPS. Next day there was another one on my stomach.

That one was pointing to the dashpoint

Tamse

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-10-13 19:10:01 UTC
GDBW-MUIP

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBW-MUIP is near Kapi, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-10-13, 3, 3, GDBW-MUIP, Estonia, , 58.6522, 23.1384, 0

New extreme north visit this year for Estonia: GDBW-MUIP
New extreme east  visit this year for Estonia: GDBW-MUIP
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 44

I'm devoting this visit to Vera, the most fantastic girl I've ever met in this world.

I could have just driven there of course, but that would have been a little bit too easy and boring. So I took a bus to Liiva 7km away and walked from there. The weather was nice and there were beautiful autumnal colors everywhere.

After leaving the main road, the traffic become very sparse, so during 4km only 5 cars passed by me. And 2 of them stopped to offer me a lift!!! Crazy friendly people of Muhu island ;) But as i had the 4.5h walk planned already, I refused politely. The point was only 100 meters from sea, on a sheep pasture. So basically I shouldn't have gone there, but - who cares, I still did it :D There were Koinastu islets and a peninsula visible over Lopemeri bay.

After the visit I took a bus from the nearby (2km away) bus stop to Kuivastu harbor and from there another one back home. I saw a magnificent sunset over strait Väike on the way back.

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Rannaküla boat harbor

It was somewhere in this reed

Tamse village

Tatterselja

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-09-07 17:58:19 UTC
GDBV-MOIT

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBV-MOIT is near Kõrkküla, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-09-07, 3, 3, GDBV-MOIT, Estonia, , 58.2272, 22.2532, 0

New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDBV-MOIT
New extreme west  visit this year for Estonia: GDBV-MOIT
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 43

It was possible to drive to 130m, but it was a small road through the woods and so rarely used that occasionally the grass on it was actually higher then my head while I was sitting in car. Finally a fallen tree over it made me stop. Then I walked, but it was not so easy either, as there were a lot of unpassable muddy pools there and I had to find my way around these. The point was in reed, plants higher then my head while I was standing there. Afterwards I took a 3h walk in nerby swamp, reed, forest and meadows. The weather was warm and sunny. In the woods I saw a wild boar from very close-up. A tractor was cutting down hey on a meadow, but this hey was actually very mixed up with reed.

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a low passage...

a strange mushroom on a tree, 1.3km from GDBV-MOIT

 

a wild boar hunting tower on a meadow

 

Rannaküla (Valjala parish)

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-09-07 16:38:00 UTC
GDBV-MUBU

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBV-MUBU is near Laimjala, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-09-01, 3, 3, GDBV-MUBU, Estonia, , 58.3824, 22.9591, 1

New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDBV-MUBU
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 42

This point was in sea, 140m from coast of Saaremaa and 24m from the closest islet. Water was only 0.5m deep, so basically I could have walked there through the sea, but as I had taken my kayak with me, I used this of course. The bottom and the shores around there were quite soft and muddy anyway. As I was there already, I made a longer tour on the beautiful Kunnati and Kõiguste bays afterwards. It was rather windy out there at this day, but quite ok otherwise.

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it was on the northern coast of Kunnati bay

prior to departure from Rannaküla "beach"

local wool-balls

Eikla

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-08-05 16:02:48 UTC
GDBU-MOUH

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBU-MOUH is near Kaarma, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-08-02, 3, 3, GDBU-MOUH, Estonia, , 58.4187, 22.5102, 1

New extreme south visit this year for Estonia: GDBU-MOUH
New extreme west  visit this year for Estonia: GDBU-MOUH
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 41

I did something extraordinary this time. For a change I took a BUS to the dashpoint. Because it was quite easily accessible by bus ;) It was on the outskirts of village Eikla, on a meadow, 160m from a road. I guess the people living in the houses around the meadow must have found it quite weird to see a strange guy just aimlessly walking out there.

After visiting the point, I took a longer walk in nearby forest. When I wanted to take the bus back to town, a bad surprise occurred to me. The bus had either come too early or didn't come at all. Anyway, it didn't show up. And there was 3,5h to the next bus. Which means I walked 3 more hours in the forest :D
I wanted to buy some snack from the village shop before that, but the shop was closed already, because it was after 5pm.

List of noteworthy objects I saw:
a grain harvester
rowans
apples
an abandoned cabin in forest
blackberries
blueberries
lingonberries
an abandoned petrol station
wild strawberries
wild raspberries
a tractor on roadside which trailer had a flat tyre

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Before departure from Kuressaare bus station

 

 

a butterfly on a flower, 1km from dashpoint

 

Laugu

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-06-01 17:49:00 UTC
GDBS-MORE

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBS-MORE is near Laugu, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-06-01, 3, 3, GDBS-MORE, Estonia, , 58.5747, 22.5934, 0

New extreme west  visit this year for Estonia: GDBS-MORE
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Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 40

It was a warm and sunny summer day. The point was in a swampy forest with some mosquitoes, behind the nice village Laugu. Small country roads took me to 65m from the point, so it was a drive-in. There were delicious young tips on the branches of spruces, of which I had nice fresh addition to my breakfast. Afterwards I took a 2.5h walk on the beach and in coastal forest. It was nice as well. Wild strawberries and some flowers were blooming under the forest and I also tasted some wood sorrel. There were lots of plants of berries, but of course right now the berries are not even green yet. On the coast there were some tied-up boats and several free-to-use public camping sites.

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A funny fisherman in village Leisi

A small stream crossing the road. Believe me or not, it was the road to dashpoint.

Two stones painted as a most typical Estonian family: a woman with a child. The sign is saying: "The father is at work in Finland". It's very common for Estonians to go to work to Finland to get better salary. Because here people are really not paid, but made fun of. Back there is a spruce with the bright green fresh tips of branches. These can be eaten even with no salary.

Rannaküla (Orissaare parish)

Geodashing Dashpoint Log
2013-04-06 11:35:09 UTC
GDBQ-MOWY

Player: Haraldpoiss
Team:   FinEst Dashers

GDBQ-MOWY is near Randkula, Estonia.

> Date, Points, TeamPoints, Dashpoint, Country, State, Lat, Lon, Distance
2013-04-06, 3, 3, GDBQ-MOWY, Estonia, , 58.6159, 22.8610, 0

Number of previous hunts by Haraldpoiss: 39

It was a blindingly sunny winter day. There were no cops on the road and I overtook several cars, including two of my colleagues, one of which happened to be my boss. People really are driving like snails around here, no kidding ;) So I drove to the small harbor in Rannaküla and left my car there, 600m from the point. First I walked a little bit westward over sea-ice. It was so beautiful and all white. There was no wind and the sun was warm. A surveillance radar and Hiiumaa island were visible in distance. Then I walked 400m through forest to the point. It was a nice coastal pine forest with little bushes and some big stones inside. The point was on a bushy meadow in the middle of junipers.

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Rannaküla harbor building

it was a small harbor...

Rannaküla