Discover Moravia

10/11/2024

Today was an especially beautiful day to be free.

November 11 is 'Den válečných veteránů' in the Czech Republic - 'War veterans' Day'.

Two minutes' silence at the Josef Biersky memorial on Smrk has become our 'Remembrance Day' tradition over the last few years.

It feels like a fitting tribute to hike through the operational area of Parachute Group Wolfram, a 1944 SOE sobotage and information-gathering team, exercising the freedoms and enjoying the peace they fought for.

On the summit of Smrk, we stopped by the memorial to Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in Wenceslas Square in angry and frustrated protest over the lack of resistance to the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

Finally, we left our poppies at Josef Biersky's grave in the churchyard in Malenovice, which we've only recently found out about through research into the story of Operation Wolfram.

The weather was crisp and clear too; an especially beautiful day to be free.

29/09/2024

Now the water has gone down its time to get back in the woods!
We found a Ford where there once was a bridge, cooked dinner on a pocketful of wood with the Firebox and found that Adventure Dog is a big fan of lentils, quinoa and quite frankly, anything else that falls on the floor!

17/03/2024

Silesian lowlands hike. Take a train out into the middle of nowhere and walk back. It was a lovely day and the mountains were probably crowded but I only met one person all day 😄
Here's the route, if you want to recreate the fun!
https://en.mapy.cz/s/kusovacetu

28/12/2023

I went out for a bit of evening navigation practice and caught a nice view of the mountains before it got dark! 😍

26/11/2023

Walking in my winter wonderland!

09/09/2023

Coming back to the hills after a knee injury... Priceless!

14/04/2022

Hay-fever sufferers - now is not a good time to go hiking in the Czech Republic 😬

14/04/2022

Maunday Thursday is called Green Thursday in the Czech Republic and celebrated with green beer!

10/04/2022

What a lovely spring day! Adventure Dog and I have been out and about practicing navigation and al fresco cobblery.

23/01/2022

Discovery Dog's first trip to Lysa Hora!
https://en.mapy.cz/s/bucolekutu

14/11/2021

19/06/2021

Mmmm, weather's happening in the Beskydys. This valley is sheltered though! 😀