11-Aug-2025 – My very first confluence point! I had already visited a few points with friends before. But as I like the idea of visiting confluence points, I suppose I’ll be visiting some of them every now and then too :D

I was at the Polish Baltic Sea for the summer holidays. And 54°N 15°E wasn’t far from our campsite. So, I grabbed my bike and set off from Łukęcin into the countryside. The route took me along small side roads through the little villages of Strzezewko, Strzezewo and Sulikowo to Gostyniec – through a beautiful summer landscape of woods and meadows. Just past the centre of Gostyniec (there’s a crossroads here with a historic column serving as a signpost), it’s easy to follow a forest path eastwards. At the start, you pass a few scattered houses; later on, the forest and meadows alternate.

It’s generally an easy route to cycle, though it’s a bit sandy in places, which makes cycling a little more tiring. Two kilometres after passing the centre of Gostyniec, the forest track meets another forest/field track (access road number 36). Here, you must turn north. After about 380 m along this path, the confluence point lies about 100 m to the west in the directly adjacent meadow. It is not difficult to find the coordinates here.

For the return journey, I decided to take a different route further east, via the town of Karnice. Fortunately, there was a small supermarket there where I could buy a cold drink and enjoy it in the shade of the village church. The journey then continued via the village of Drezewo towards Trzęsacz. The ruins of St Nicholas’ Church on the cliffs are a popular destination. The Baltic Sea had gradually eroded the steep bank, shifting the coastline further inland. Today, the 12-metre-high cliff has been reinforced and there is an additional viewing platform for all the Instagram-addicts ;)

I continued the rest of my return journey westwards along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route, arriving back in Łukęcin in the early evening.