Kashtanka has gone back to live with Sveta. Kashtanka has not been well and seems to be allergic to something here. Volk is quite happy to be alone. No barking, no howling and so well behaved on walks. Today was a nice cool breezy day so we went to a new area I had been curious about since I saw it on Google Earth. On the map it looked so much longer than my usual route I hesitated to try it until it was cooler. The actual difference is only about 0.5 km (3 km vs 2.5 km).
The area with all the white appears to have been the beginnings of something which was then abandoned. It is flat and surrounded by a ridge about 2 meters high of what I assume to be topsoil scrapped off long ago. What ever was to have happened never did. Possibly as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, I do not know. Now that I have seen it, I can at least ask.
The area with all the white appears to have been the beginnings of something which was then abandoned. It is flat and surrounded by a ridge about 2 meters high of what I assume to be topsoil scrapped off long ago. What ever was to have happened never did. Possibly as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union, I do not know. Now that I have seen it, I can at least ask.
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| New route in red, usual route in yellow |
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| Grown up to weeds |
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| The trail was very fine powdery dust |
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| Some places nothing grew |
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| Volk enjoying exploring new territory |
It's always nice to have a new route. Switches things up a big!
ReplyDeleteyes, more enjoyable for dog and man
Deleteyour easier to be picked off by assassins if you take the same route too.
ReplyDeletegood point. I must be on someone's hit list by now
DeleteYou live in a place where it would be interesting to play around with a metal detector. Garret has one (ACE-150) for around one hundred dollars.
Deletejust a thought
the Ol'Buzzard
Good idea. Must be lots of old stuff here as the area has been settled for 100's of years
DeleteHappy Volk! The change must have been fun for both of you! :-)
ReplyDeleteWe were both happy. And walking at 20C is much more fun than 30C which it has been for weeks. Tonight I was actually cool.
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