200km Yippee.
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| Back Home |
In my geographical ignorance I never
realised that Trencin was so close to the Czech Republic – you learn something
every day. I mean its walking distance!
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| Another Two of Us |
We had a close up and personal with
wildlife today. We saw a fox on the road in front of us. We ‘quietened’ down
and crept forward. A waste of effort. The fox just kept walking down the road
towards us. We stopped, it didn’t. It wasn’t a big road and eventually the fox
stopped on the opposite side of the road to us and sat down. Now, I am not a wildlife expert but this
didn’t seem normal. Either very young or rabid was my guess, I bravely stepped
in front of the other three, a human shield. Evan passing cars didn’t faze the
fox. It was beautiful. But we left slowly watching it carefully. But don’t
worry, rabies injections are not as bad as they used to be. Afterwards we explained
rabies to the kids – Shock! Horror! Made us laugh.
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| The Cross |
People! – there were other people
walking. Not the Walk but walking, and not just to the shops. We could have
photos of all four of us together.
It was a long day and of course to
add insult to injury we got ‘roaded’ – and to rub salt into the wound, going
downhill and had to climb back up. It was hotter on the way up. This was one of
the very few places that we knew we had mislaid the path. It has been very well
marked, fields like fields everywhere are an issue but everywhere else is great.
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| Three of Us |
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| The Swing |
I remember a big cross on a hill – don’t
know what it was for but everyone was taking photos of each other in front of
it. So we had some taken too. Rolling green hills, wide open valleys and
civilization way down below. Life is good for those who walk.
The journey down into Trencin, I know
I said Slovakia was up, was a bit boring. Well, a lot boring – other than the
swing hung from a tree in the middle of a field. We enjoyed that.
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| "Viewing Tower' |
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| Trencin |
We Marched into Trencin, and promptly
took a taxi to Trencianske Teplice – we will walk back to Trencin tomorrow.
This backwards thing started in England, and we thought it funny enough to make
it a tradition. Not always easy to do – but hey its tradition.
Still no parrot…
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Day 10
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Cumulative
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Distance Walked
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29km
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221km
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Meters Climbed
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758m
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7,131m
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Walking Time
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9:21
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70:57
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General Comment
Actually, stayed in Trecianske Teplice (Spa town), two nights and
will do day 11 backwards. This makes washing and smelling good easier.
Mount Aconcagua– 6,961 meters the highest mountain outside of Asia,
Argentina. Long live Top Gear.
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