At 4:30 a.m. I was woken by the usual, rather loud dawn chorus and also some loud barking or yelping. I could not see the animal causing it and went back to sleep until it was time to break camp around six.
I had booked tonight's accommodation and the owner wanted to know when I would arrive. Always difficult as it depends on when you wake up, how many hills there are and whether you find some interesting sight on the way. As no sights of interest were in my plans I calculated 3:00 pm based on the slower than usual speed I was achieving (due to more climbing than I expected ). This meant I had to be at the three villages on route at certain times and I spent my day trying to keep on schedule.
So I was delayed by my first unplanned sight, a kilato (lookout tower) a steep climb up from where I camped. This was a socialist era design in naked concrete with ladders inside instead of stairs. However the view was magnificent.
Woods of beech and oak followed along with fields of hay with meadow flowers. As it was Sunday most things were closed although an open restaurant at the penultimate village almost made me delay my arrival. I stuck to plan however stopping for a coke and ice cream on the outskirts of Romhany before being spotted by mein host, walking the final stretch to the room at Rozsakert Vendeghaz I had booked. Smelly after two nights camping and sweaty from the heat, the shower was truly enjoyable as was the meal (sour cherry soup and chicken with prunes) and cold beer at the nearby restaurant. They made the hot walk all the more worthwhile, can we have really, intense enjoyment without some hardship first?
I had booked tonight's accommodation and the owner wanted to know when I would arrive. Always difficult as it depends on when you wake up, how many hills there are and whether you find some interesting sight on the way. As no sights of interest were in my plans I calculated 3:00 pm based on the slower than usual speed I was achieving (due to more climbing than I expected ). This meant I had to be at the three villages on route at certain times and I spent my day trying to keep on schedule.
So I was delayed by my first unplanned sight, a kilato (lookout tower) a steep climb up from where I camped. This was a socialist era design in naked concrete with ladders inside instead of stairs. However the view was magnificent.
Woods of beech and oak followed along with fields of hay with meadow flowers. As it was Sunday most things were closed although an open restaurant at the penultimate village almost made me delay my arrival. I stuck to plan however stopping for a coke and ice cream on the outskirts of Romhany before being spotted by mein host, walking the final stretch to the room at Rozsakert Vendeghaz I had booked. Smelly after two nights camping and sweaty from the heat, the shower was truly enjoyable as was the meal (sour cherry soup and chicken with prunes) and cold beer at the nearby restaurant. They made the hot walk all the more worthwhile, can we have really, intense enjoyment without some hardship first?
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| A view from the Kilato in the direction I was heading |
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