Another day of cycling around part of the county of Krakowski, this time I followed the route of the Dlubnia Valley. Slight misnomer in my opinion, only the last few km were in the valley, before that there were quite a few hills – a total of over 600m climbed again. It almost feels like I am getting used to it… Unfortunately it rained most of the time again, so not many (nice) pictures today.
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Most of the attractions were (wooden) churches and chapels, one of them even with a woodpecker.
There was one manor, which, unfortunately, seems to be left to its own devices.
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I thought one part of the route was particularly interesting: the muddy single track went in between a football field and the stands – just as well I was not there on game day.
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While I was getting soaked it was nice to know that I did not have to get all my luggage up the hills, and I could look forward to a jacuzzi and sauna upon return – which I had totally to myself! Very pleasant.
A general observation of the last few days in Poland: there are quite a few nice new/renovated houses here, but almost every property has a very substantial looking fence/wall around it. More properties than I would expect seem to be protected by private security companies, and I have even seen one gated community so far. Is life here really that dangerous?