We woke up in a completely different morning than yesterday. There was almost no cloud in the sky, so we all knew, that today we will do some climbing, but first things first, breakfast, packing climbing gear. My co-climber was Janez and with Samo and Slavc we drove to
Paklenica. After the payment of entrance fee (40 KN - cca 6.6€) we started walking towards the bottom of our chosen pillar, called Stup, that lies on the right hand side of the mighty 400 m high NW face of Aniča kuk.
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| Our first route was Danaja, 5b (5b, 5b, 5a), 100 m, that probably got the name from Greek mythology, Danaë. |
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| The leader of our formation Janez |
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| And me, already on our second route, Thüringer weg, 6a (6a, 6a, 4c), 110 m, probably named after a Germanic tribe Thuringii. |
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| Waiting for a descent with abseiling |
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| Stup, where we climbed both routes |
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| Goodbye for today, see you soon |
After climbing we had lunch, we quickly packed our things and we started riding towards Ljubljana. On our way we stopped a couple of times at some nice places.
Another quick stop was at the Hreljin Castle, located at an extremely favourable strategic point that dominated the routes connecting the Croatian interior and the Gorski kotar region with the sea and the town of Bakarac beneath it, at the time the harbour of the castle. The popular name "Gradina"(hill fort) could indicate the prehistoric phase; It also assumed that this castle was a part of the chain of Roman fortifications, known as "Septem turres". In the year 1255, Hreljin became property of the dukes of Krk, later known as the Frankopans. In 1440 a Glagolitic document was issued in Hreljin, by which Duke Ivan gave the land to Pauline Fathers from St. Mary's monastery in Crikvenica. In 15th century, Hreljin was a larger settlement with four priests. In the 16th and 17th. centuries it was owned by the Zrinski noble family. During Ottoman incursions towards Istria and Slovenia, Hreljin castle represented a significant obstacles to them. After the last Zrinjski was executed in Vienna, the castle was administred by the Austro-Hungarian Chamber. From 1778th it was under the authority of the neighbouring town of Bakar. After construction of the Karoline Road, people moved to a nearby location Piket. In 1789th the Hreljin chapter was abolished, and after 1790th the town was abandoneded. The layout of the town, enclosed by the former town walls, shows certain irregularities, which is due to the configuration of the terrain. The oldest part - the castle itself - is located in the SE part of the town. The irregular ground plan features a square and circular towers. The town had a south and the north entrance. Housing facilities and domestic offices, constructed along the inner mantle of the town wall, are now ruined. In the centre of the settlement was a church of St. George, with bell fry - tower on the facadw. Originally it had one nave, but later it was extended. Next to it is the chapel of St. Mary from 17th century, built on the spot of the earlier church of St. Stephen. Close to the chapel is the town cistern.
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| Last stop before we came back to Slovenia was the Delnice creek. The Well at the Delnice Creek, with old stone bridge and a swimming pool, is one of the fundamental characteristics of the old Delnice area. A fountain was built in 1903 in memory of the time in which the inhabitants of Delnice and Gorski kotar lived from the forest and with the forest. |
GeoCaches found on our way back:
- Hut of the Bats,
GC1VV4B
- Der Mauer Cache,
GC5FBJY
- Jadranska Magistrala – Have a Break,
GC558M6
- Putovima Frankopana,
GC2M1MF
- KVARNER Cache - Delnice Creek,
GC4DR5A
