Thursday, October 18, 2007

latest from Osp, the rain has arrived,

well its take almost a month to catch up with me but unfortunately it rained this afternoon in Osp, i still got about 10 routes in before lunch and have just added a load of photos to the flikr site, see links on the right,

I spent a day at the start of the week at what is probably the best campsite as (far as facility's) go which i have ever stayed at, Camping bled. (I have seen much worse facility's at good hotels)
From there I had a couple of days R&R and went around the Vintgar gorge, I even went out for a meal in town, (thats twice in one week, i will start getting fat at this rate)
I then traveled down to the capital Ljubljana which has a really nice old town,

After a bit of book shopping a burger at the horse burger shop and frustratingly nagotiating the one way system, going north out of town to head south I ended up at the Postojna caves, which although expensive (€18) it was well worth the visit, even if just to see it`s inhabitance.

I now find myself in the pleasant little town of Osp with a horseshoe shaped lump of rock surrounding it, I was fortunate to find someone to climb with, who is a guide in the Triglav national park and has been climbing in this area for 20+ years, needles to say i spent the morning climbing quality routes,

After checking with some Czech climbers on the campsite am discarding the idea of climbing in the Czech Republic as its going to be way to cold, I plan to head down to Croatia atbefore the end of the week but hope to get another day climbing tomorrow,

Enjoy the photos and now i think its time i went for a beer, shame they dont have moonshine or Abbot ale out here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How do youth.
Your photos are looking good. Do like the cave dwellers!!!
Have fun and keep climbing, and you never know, you may find some moonshine out in Croatia. Might not be brewed at Abbydale brewery's but it will still be moonshine.
Don't know if you will get chance, but there should be a good game on tonight. The Northern Union v All Golds. Basically GB against the Kiwis, but its the centenary of international league, so its played under old names and scoring systems!

Anonymous said...

ronin here... god on yer, lad!

stateside digits are now 304-358-3330

same email

ronin_mz@yahoo.com

Stay in touch, and have a blast!