Went for a hike in Huddart Park/Phleger Estate this morning, not a very long one as I still need to build up my hiking fitness, but good to spend time in my personal favourite parks around here. Didn't see another person, so I suppose the trail lived up to its name today. No sweeping views in this part of the park, all forests.
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It looks like a good path SA. Is it always so little-used?
Hiking in my local range has been almost a weekly thing these summer holidays. I went with a friend yesterday, and he lives on the other side of the range from me, so there were at least some changes in perspective. We started with Magura ; as Ad Hoc suggested, this must be a Hungarian word for 'hillock', though people here don't know its meaning, or that it has a meaning. Whatever, it's a tiring 750m climb up, but there's a welcome sight near the top - a cottage that provides refreshments and a warm welcome. From there, we went on to two much-loved peaks, Suchy and Maly Krivan. Other than a bit of rock scrambling between these two, over Biele Skalky (white rocks), this is much gentler walking. Then a 3 hour descent. I'm resting today, with the occasional hobble round the flat. Have to go out to watch football later though.
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Originally posted by jameswba View PostIt looks like a good path SA. Is it always so little-used?
Hiking in my local range has been almost a weekly thing these summer holidays. I went with a friend yesterday, and he lives on the other side of the range from me, so there were at least some changes in perspective. We started with Magura ; as Ad Hoc suggested, this must be a Hungarian word for 'hillock', though people here don't know its meaning, or that it has a meaning. Whatever, it's a tiring 750m climb up, but there's a welcome sight near the top - a cottage that provides refreshments and a warm welcome. From there, we went on to two much-loved peaks, Suchy and Maly Krivan. Other than a bit of rock scrambling between these two, over Biele Skalky (white rocks), this is much gentler walking. Then a 3 hour descent. I'm resting today, with the occasional hobble round the flat. Have to go out to watch football later though.
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Ah, thanks for that. When you mentioned it before, I just automatically assumed it would be Hungarian, since we have that common influence and Magura is a common name here too. We really have lots of mountains with the name - every other range seems to have its Magura. I'll ask one of our Slovak teachers if she could explain how it came to be commonly-used in Slovakia.
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Originally posted by jameswba View PostIt looks like a good path SA. Is it always so little-used?
Hiking in my local range has been almost a weekly thing these summer holidays. I went with a friend yesterday, and he lives on the other side of the range from me, so there were at least some changes in perspective. We started with Magura ; as Ad Hoc suggested, this must be a Hungarian word for 'hillock', though people here don't know its meaning, or that it has a meaning. Whatever, it's a tiring 750m climb up, but there's a welcome sight near the top - a cottage that provides refreshments and a warm welcome. From there, we went on to two much-loved peaks, Suchy and Maly Krivan. Other than a bit of rock scrambling between these two, over Biele Skalky (white rocks), this is much gentler walking. Then a 3 hour descent. I'm resting today, with the occasional hobble round the flat. Have to go out to watch football later though.
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That may be in part because the main entrance is several miles from the interstate. Not a lot of people seem to know that you can park just off 280 and walk over the ridge into Huddart along Crystal Springs Trail, a small part of which is along a very quiet (and wealthy) cul de sac and the rest trail or fire road. It's about a mile to walk, and quite pleasant.
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Originally posted by ursus arctos View PostI'm sure that I'm projecting, but it looks dry to me
Though it is late August
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The first of three days on the South West Coast Path and I walked from Torquay to Dawlish. The first ten miles took 5 hours and was pretty tough going but the last five along the seawall were fantastic. Dawlish seafront.
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Day two from Dawlish to Sidmouth in glorious conditions. I arrived at Starcross 2 hours early for the first ferry to Exmouth so I took the train instead. Exmouth to Budleigh Salterton was easy but to Sidmouth was tough. Sixteen miles to Lyme Regis tomorrow, six of them through the Great Bindon landslip.
Starcross looking over the Exe estuary.
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