By Ricky, on December 26th, 2016 Hrad Kost/Kost Castle © Ricky Yates
Last Wednesday, 21st December, I took my ‘day off’ for the week and went for a 12km circular walk through another part of Ceský Ráj. You can see and read about my two previous visits here and here. The day was dry and cold, -3°C according to the ‘Carly’, but unfortunately the afternoon sunshine promised by the BBC online weather forecast, didn’t materialise 🙁
I started my walk at Hrad Kost / Kost Castle, built on one of the rocky outcrops which are such a feature of Ceský Ráj. The castle is open to the public between April – October, but not during the winter months. Therefore I was able to park the ‘Carly’ in the castle car park without paying a 50Kc fee . . . → Read More: A winter walk in Ceský Ráj
By Ricky, on March 18th, 2016 On the morning of Friday 21st August 2015, Sybille and I set out from the Pilgerherberge at Gröditz, to walk 20km to the large town of Bautzen. As you can see from the photographs, we were blessed with fine sunny weather.
Our route took us along a series of tracks and minor roads across undulating countryside.
The Pilgerweg approaching Drehsa © Ricky Yates
Here is the way approaching the village of Drehsa.
Flying pigs in Drehsa © Ricky Yates
Within Drehsa, there was this fun mural of a flying pig and piglet 🙂
Pilgerweg with shade © Ricky Yates
In view of the sunny weather, we both appreciated the shade provided by trees along parts of the route.
As on many pilgrim routes that I’ve walked, the approach to . . . → Read More: Walking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Gröditz to Kamenz
By Ricky, on March 14th, 2016 Peregrinus Herberge, Görlitz © Ricky Yates
As explained in the opening two paragraphs of my previous post, back on Tuesday 18th August 2015, Sybille and I drove from Prague to Görlitz, in order to spend the following week walking the first part of Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg. We stayed overnight in the Peregrinus Herberge, where we were also able to leave the ‘Carly’ securely parked, before setting out along the Pilgerweg the next morning.
With Görlitz being located in the valley of the Neiße river, it was inevitable that initially walking westwards to leave the town, involved walking uphill! However, we were soon out into open countryside and having covered 5km……
Ebersbach © Ricky Yates
……reached the attractive village of Ebersbach.
Path . . . → Read More: Walking Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg – Görlitz to Gröditz
By Ricky, on March 11th, 2016 The twin spires of St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Görlitz © Ricky Yates
The town of Görlitz is located in the far south-eastern corner of Germany and is about two-and-a-half hours drive directly north from Prague. Back on Tuesday 18th August 2015, Sybille and I drove to Görlitz, in order to spend the following week walking the first part of Der Ökumenische Pilgerweg. This is the first of three long-promised posts about that week mentioned in my summary post entitled ‘All those things in the second half of 2015 that got missed‘.
Having securely parked the ‘Carly’ in the gated backyard of the Peregrinus Herberge, we spent the rest of Tuesday 18th August, exploring Görlitz, before setting out walking along our pilgrimage route the following morning. On Monday 24th August, we returned to Görlitz . . . → Read More: Görlitz
By Ricky, on February 17th, 2016 The path to Pravcická brána © Ricky Yates
On Monday 15th February, I took a proper ‘day-off’ and went for a near 20km walk in Ceské Švýcarsko – Bohemian Switzerland, the beginning of keeping the promise I made at the end of my previous but one blog post. I saw enough during my day trip, to encourage me to return and further explore this attractive area.
I drove north-west from Prague, to the port town of Decín on the Labe River, and then a further 12km north alongside the Labe, (which becomes the Elbe on entering Germany), to the border settlement of Hrensko. Here I turned onto a minor road along the Kamenice river valley to the eastern end of the settlement, where there was a designated car park in which I duly parked the ‘Carly’. According to a sign, . . . → Read More: A walk in Ceské Švýcarsko – Bohemian Switzerland
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