Getting ready
25 sierpnia 2017, Anglia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Ready? Actually, I'm not ready yet... even now that I'm on my way.... but hey what's new?
This is a test after all, a shake down, of the new gear, of (ultra)light backpacking and not least of myself. Czytaj więcej
Ljubljana... Wow!
25 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Ok, yes, I can almost hear you... This indeed looks more like a pub crawl than a mountain trail. I'm still very much in realm of modern civilization. In fact I'm staying in a fantastic little airbnb Czytaj więcej
Last minute
26 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Day 2 really was about finishing my preparations. Thankfully Ljubljana has numerous outdoor sports shops so it was easy finding what was missing and replace what was broken. Since my Slovenian is Czytaj więcej
And I'm off!
27 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Prep done, packed and ready to go. I'm on the first train from Ljubljana to Maribor. Thankfully that means a gentle 7am start... nice and easy.
Oh... as it turns out it also means a but of rail Czytaj więcej
Day 1 on the trail - first half
27 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Hiking! Finally! And uphill... what a start! 2 hours straight up up and upper. It's hot and I'm soaked. They say that long distance hiking means to get comfortable with being uncomfortable... so this Czytaj więcej
Day 1 - second half
27 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
It got a lot easier after that. A lot! After lunch the trail was a lot less scrambling up rain drainage paths and a lot more forest roads. Still, I finished my first hiking day after around 12km. Less Czytaj więcej
Section 2 - before lunch
28 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Two footprints for the same section? Again? Yes... it's been a loooong day.
But first things first.... getting up early sort of worked. I was back on the trail before 7. At 8.30am I stopped for Czytaj więcej
Section 2 - after lunch
28 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
... and then the weather took a turn for the worse and we experienced what's known as a heavy thundery shower. Luckily I was still at the koča for lunch when this happened but it set the tone for the Czytaj więcej
Ribinska to Slovenj Gradec - Morning
29 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
So after a day of playing cat and mouse with the next downpour.... what will the morning bring?? Well... FOG... lots of fog... great! Luckily the sun made it through eventually and turned the misty Czytaj więcej
Slovenj Gradec
29 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Lunch, apart from being delicious, also brought on the wise decision not to do a crazy push for 30km today. Especially not with 13km pretty much uphill towards the very end.
So instead I went for a Czytaj więcej
Good morning
30 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
After an early start and an hour of good hiking, it's time for breakfast. (also, I ran out of water over dinner last night so needed a refill)
Mostly the world is still asleep. I startled deer, a few Czytaj więcej
Mount St. Ursula
30 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
... or in Slovenian "Uršlja Gora". I hiked it for two reasons.
1. To honour my favourite aunt Uschi
2. It happened to be en-route ;)
It was a really nice hike up the 1680 meters. The trail was quite Czytaj więcej
The magic forest
30 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Well the day went on after Mount St Ursula... no rest for the wicked ;)
The afternoon turned out to be magic forest time. I have taken a lot of pictures but none really come close to what is was Czytaj więcej
The weather
31 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
I am setting off early again. 5 o'clock waking up, 6 o'clock heading out. And the reason for this is the weather.... tomorrows weather to be precise... which is meant to be thunderstorms and rain. Czytaj więcej
Veliko Raduha
31 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
After pushing pretty hard for about 4h this morning (the signs indicate 5.5h for that section) I finally got to Koča na Loki. Isn't Loki the ancient norse god of mischief?? (Thank you Stargate for Czytaj więcej
Fangorn forest to Solčava
31 sierpnia 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The 3rd and final leg of the day was meant to be just 5km down to the valley to Solčava...
Well, nobody had thought to mention that the path would be the most narrow and gnarly so far on this trail. Czytaj więcej
Sitting, waiting, wishing
1 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Not much happening today. I got up, packed everything and ventured to find a bus out of Solčava. It was 8.30am. Turns out the next bus is at 1pm.
So, nothing to do but to wait at the café across Czytaj więcej
Re-supply
2 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
"Re-supply? What shopping does he need eating at mountain huts every day???" - I can almost feel your raised eyebrows through the internet! Yes, I admit, my re-supply is basically bying more gummy Czytaj więcej
Back on track/trail
3 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
I'm hiking again! Yes! And what better way to start than with a 3.5h slog from 600 meters all the way up to 2067 meters.... up up up!
There were some great views again though. In the last but one Czytaj więcej
Valley of the Triglav lakes
3 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
As seems to be so often the case, after lunch was once again different than before lunch. Firstly, I had only about 2h to go to reach my destination for the day and secondly it was mainly downhill. Czytaj więcej
Krn
4 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
2244 meters. It's what's gonna be the highest point of this hike for me. Arriving here unfortunately wasn't that much of a highlight but rather more of a fog light (sorry, terrible joke that). I Czytaj więcej
Krn again - and now you can even see it
5 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
After a very foggy evening, the early risers got rewarded with a beautiful sunrise. Enough said.
Enjoy the pictures.
Down, down, down
5 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Another glorious day of hiking... mostly downhill as hinted on already. Two small oddities here....
1.) A mushroom picture - no hike is truly complete without one
2.) For those curious about my Czytaj więcej
Hiking on top of the clouds
6 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
And just in case there was any doubt about how cool this place is... let's bring in some clouds. Wow... that was pretty spectacular! There were some moments that got the heart pumping and this again Czytaj więcej
A walk in the woods
6 września 2017, Słowenia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It ended the same way it began... with a walk in the woods. The last 8.5km of my trail today led from up in the clouds at Črna Prst all the way down to Petrovo Brdo and went along beautiful forest Czytaj więcej











































































































































Der SchotteCOME OOOOOOONNNNN!!!!! YEEEEHHHAAAAA!!! (dancing and cheering while hopping on one leg)