Tuesday 12 August 2008

SLAVING AWAY IN SLOVENIA





John and I are settled and working again. What a treat to be bashing our keyboards separately again.
John playing Freecell on his computer inside the Wheely Cabin and I playing Spider on mine outside. It is great to be connected again (or occasionally) to the internet and to be working at our own stuff. John spends some time cycling or running, I take a dip in the icy waters of the Bistrica where it joins the Savica. I literally mean a dip though I do get wet all over.
Fishing is catch and release and only fly rods. I only fish when there is a chance of eating fish.

The camp is packed. Every night there is a bunch of new campers fighting for a space. Showers are out of the question until midday and laundry, which is expensive, must be done at midnight or is very hot but thunderstorms are common and a great relief when they occur. Insects aren’t at all bad – hope they stay that way. They have got worse almost as I wrote this!
Smells from cow dung – come and go on the summer breezes.
It could be worse . . . dawn. Queues are common for the loos. We have worked our way to a spot near the river bank and hope that no one puts a tent up in front of us. We have a little privacy and are only a walk from the inconveniences provided it is not urgent – then it is a run –

This is high summer and we are resting here in the hope that we can survive without spending too much money in reasonably attractive surroundings.
It is a very beautiful area on the edge of a huge National Alpinr Park which is why there are so many campers.
We are near shops here. The other site on the Lake is even lovelier, therefore more crowded, no level parking and 4 kms from shops.

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