We had been watching the weather forecast while in Bled quite closely as our first day out of Bled was looking like we were going to be hiking over 20kms in torrential rain. Needless to say when we awoke it was cold and miserable and raining quite heavily but after delaying until about 9.30am weContinue reading “Day 21 Juliana Trail (Bled to Goreljek Na Pokljuki)”
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Days 18, 19, 20 Juliana Trail (Bled)
Having stopped in Radovljica for an extra break we only had about 8km walk from there to Bled and it was flat and once again through fields and villages and really quite pleasant. Our arrival in Bled was in sunshine and we decided to head straight for the lake and we were both really impressedContinue reading “Days 18, 19, 20 Juliana Trail (Bled)”
Day 16 and 17 Juliana Trail (Begunje to Radovljica)
Today was the start of our mini holiday within the hike. We had a very flat 7kms to walk to Radovljica and a rest day after. After that we have another easy walk and three days in Bled hence the mini holiday feel of this days walk. It was another beautiful sunny day and weContinue reading “Day 16 and 17 Juliana Trail (Begunje to Radovljica)”
Day 15 Juliana Trail (Jesenice to Begunje)
Today’s walk was meant to be about 17km (ended up being 20km) along a valley towards Begunje. It was relatively flat and we began by walking through the industrial town of Jesenice which wasn’t the most scenic of routes we have taken but I guess it’s something that is always going to happen on aContinue reading “Day 15 Juliana Trail (Jesenice to Begunje)”
Day 14 Juliana trail (Mojstrana to Jesenice)
We were pretty happy that we had changed our plans and not stayed in Mojstrana for two nights as it turns out our room was a sweat box with windows that didn’t open. So we were up early and out the door as we had a big day with a climb to do in theContinue reading “Day 14 Juliana trail (Mojstrana to Jesenice)”
Day 13 Juliana trail (Kranjska Gora to Mojstrana) The hotel we were staying at in Kranjska was huge and when we awoke we went down for our included breakfast and the dining room was heaving with activity. There were loads of people all dressed in hiking or biking gear and everyone was filling up gettingContinue reading
Day 12 Juliana Trail (Tarvisio to Kranjska Gora)
We headed out from Tarvisio centre and jumped on the old rail line which has been converted into a rail trail or bike path. We thought this was great as we were not on a road. After not having a great time yesterday I think we would have had serious thoughts of catching a taxiContinue reading “Day 12 Juliana Trail (Tarvisio to Kranjska Gora)”
Day 11 Juliana Trail (Log Pod Mangartom to Tarvisio)
Well today was a day of two halves (well a first bit and a second bit anyway). The day began early as we had another 20km day ahead of us with a 550m climb to start. Our first hurdle was trying to make breakfast oats using a tiny kettle and some powdered milk (due toContinue reading “Day 11 Juliana Trail (Log Pod Mangartom to Tarvisio)”
Day 9 & 10 Juliana Trail (Bovec rest day & Bovec to Log Pod Mangartom)
Our Bovec rest day was supposed to be a 22km hike to the Great Soca Gorge but we both woke up exhausted and not really in the mood for that length of side trip. Tim’s knee had also flared up a little and so using that as our excuse we instead spent the day loungingContinue reading “Day 9 & 10 Juliana Trail (Bovec rest day & Bovec to Log Pod Mangartom)”
Day 8 Juliana trail (Kobarid to Bovec)
Today’s hike was to be another fairly long one. The book stated 21km and 440m up and 220m down but somehow we have learned that the reality seems to be often somewhat longer than that and it ended up being 24km with 685m up and 440m down. I am sure we didn’t take any wrongContinue reading “Day 8 Juliana trail (Kobarid to Bovec)”