Meanwhile, a Mountain Landscape from my S E Poland Trip in August 2005

 

This photo from my trip to S.E. Poland should have been included in my last blog. Here is the view from the top of Mt. Tarnica (height 1,346 m. - you say it as "Tarnitsa") - after I had walked up to the top, with others in my group. At the top was a plateau, and a huge metal cross several metres high - with a shrine below dedicated tot he late Pope, John Paul 11 who was Bishop of Krakow. This mountain is around the same height as those found in Scotland and Wales (UK). This is part of the wild, unspoilt Bieszczady National Park - in the farthest S.E. corner of Poland near Ukraine and Slovakia. In another direction you could see the mountains of the Ukraine from here. (To get here we flew to Krakow from England, and then took a drive by minibus to our village in the Bieszczady Forest.) The peace I gained - if only briefly - was wonderful. It was good to have achieved the climb up a mountain at my age. At the time of this holiday it was before our current, latest troubles with Tom, and before we knew E. (D's stepfather) was very ill. I am truly grateful to have gone on this trip. - I hope you enjoy this picture as I do. - Tigey.