A trip out of town

I took a short trip. I won't write where it was, where I came from and where I went, because it's not important this time. By the way, if you need to know this information, just google a bit or look through Pinmapple.

It wasn't a long trip. In fact, it was just a bit of a stretch after Sunday lunch.

I'm of the generation of hikers who take train trips. So I took the train out of town.

Our region is not geographically distinctive. Haná - a plain like a handkerchief, as the classic says.

But what God has deprived us of on the mountain, He has enriched us with in other beauties.
The trees provide shade, the gardens abound with produce, the flowers give beauty and fragrance.

By the field I found a statue of the Virgin Mary. If I make any typos in this article, I can console myself with the fact that there are typos on statues of saints too.

The first half of the trip was along the forest path around the river. Unfortunately, storms had been raging in the previous days, so the river was cloudy and not at all inviting to get your feet wet. But no matter - the path along the river is pleasant anyway. It is not so hot and the humid air attracts butterflies, bees and dragonflies.

The place I'm walking through isn't that abandoned. The clean environment of the forest and meadow is also used by the beekeeper. But the hives are about 50 meters from the road, so tourists can feel safe.

On the abandoned site is a memorial to the American airmen who died here in December 1944. I remember that before 1989, when the communists ruled our country, there was an aluminum plate on a tree, on which the names were written amateurishly, using a hammer and a type markers. Even though "the people" went wild, some people kept their wits about them... Now the American airmen have a decent memorial.
They were friends in arms and liberators of my country. They are not forgotten, I say their names, salute and move on.

I find a strange shelter next to the river. Homeless or fishermen? There was a small briefcase hanging from the shelter. Did I look inside? Maybe. Was there anything in it? No.

On one side the river, on the other side the railway corridor. The train chaser in me spoke up and I couldn't resist... :)

Nature is slowly coming to an end and I am getting into civilization. The first sign is a dam with a strange pipe, secured by a so-called "frog flap" which serves to prevent amphibians from climbing into the pipe. I guess we have high jumping frogs here.

Another reminder of civilization is the new solar photovoltaic power plant.

I got to the railroad tracks. The double track corridor splits at this point, so there are four tracks side by side. The crossing over the track is adapted for cyclists and resembles a water slide in a water park somewhere. I wait for a train to liven up my photo and then continue on.

I've come here close to the city and instead of nature I'm walking through an industrial zone. But nature is fighting very hard for its rights. Strange steel structures are struggling to make their way through the thickets and bushes. Sometimes it looks like a post-catastrophic or dystopian movie.
Even though the road is lined with factories and chimneys, I'm still on a marked tourist route.

And I'm finally home. A dam with a small hydroelectric power station - and behind it the streets of the city begin. I have walked only eight or nine kilometres and experienced fields, gardens, forest, river and industry and steel structures. I've burned some calories, sweated off some water and generally feel good. Taking a walk after lunch on Saturday was a very good idea.