POT: Phone Fails, Legs Do Not
05/12/2008
Unfortunately, I was unable to complete the live reporting from the hike around Ljubljana as my mobile phone decided against it and I could not persuade it to collaborate (err) even though I tried quite hard. Over 400 of us in total did, however, complete the entire 35 km hike and have medals to prove it 😉 The weather was phenomenal and the atmosphere inspiring. This was the first time I did the entire stretch, but I get the feeling it will not be the last.
See you next year!
Adriaan said,
May 12, 2008 @ 9:53 am
Dr. Well done for your exertions. It sounds as if everyone enjoyed the event. Maybe next year I’ll time a visit so I can join you. Medals not required.
dr.filomena said,
May 12, 2008 @ 10:23 am
You really should, Adriaan! It’s great fun! And you know you’re always welcome here 😀
Over 30,000 people walked at least one of the eight stretches of the hike this year.
Jean said,
May 12, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
Sorry I had to miss it this year, but we had an obvzeno prostovolno delovno akcijo in my village on Saturday. 🙁
Next time for sure!
dr. filomena said,
May 12, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
We’ll let you off this time, but expect a full report on the prostovoljna delovna akcija 🙂
Jean said,
May 12, 2008 @ 6:44 pm
Hah, next time I’ll let you know in advance and you can come join the work crew, and live-blog it if your phone is working. How are you at hefting large stones and swinging a pickaxe? We had to dismantle a stone wall along the side of the upper stretch of road from Kopriva to Brje, which I don’t fully approve of since I LIKE stone walls, far better than the concrete structure they’re planning to put in its place. And you could see as we tore it down that someone, or many someones, put a lot of sweat and effort into constructing it, several generations ago. But they’re widening and repaving the road (after tearing it up in the winter to lay new water pipes–we had an akcija then, too, to clear brush and growth from a farm lane that we used to get to our village for a couple of months while the work was being done and the road was impassable), and according to the village elders the wall had to go. I don’t always agree with the village elders’ idea of progress (ask me sometime about the Battle of the Streetlights) but with mixed feelings I contributed to this latest effort–and was the only female member of the road crew.
dr.filomena said,
May 13, 2008 @ 9:30 am
My grandmother’s brother, “Uncle Tone”, was an expert in building those stone walls and did that for a living. His cursed the modern builders for not having the faintest on building them. He claimed if you could do it right, it didn’t take a single drop of mortar and the wall could withstand incredible pressures. So I hear you!
But I’d love to come and swing a pickaxe about widely… aimed at stuff that’s supposed to get destroyed, preferably 😉 Sure beats the gym in terms of productivity! So hey, let us know well in advance and your work brigade might grow every so slightly stronger.
Jen said,
May 13, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
Congrats on making it all the way around! I hope you’ll post a pic of your medal!
dr. filomena said,
May 14, 2008 @ 8:15 am
Thanks Jen! Will see to it 🙂