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Slovenia: GeoCaching "[Trail] Nazaj h koreninam" (Back To The Roots)

It was snowing at the night so GeoCaching wasn't such a good idea, but since I expected, that there is not so much snow on the South, I still decided to go. On my way to Srednja Kanomlja I picked up my first "Webcam cache" and then I started searching for 30 trail caches. On my way towards the highest point, Vrh, 798 m, the snow blanket was thicker and thicker, still due to good spoilers I found all caches. On my way back down the result was a bit worse, since I had to skip 3 of them, still the overall result was good.

The trail also led me to some great places:

• Kanomlja Water Barriers, built in 1813 for the purpose of floating timber used in the mine.
• Šturmajce, homestead in Gorenja Kanomlja, one of the most important homesteads in the Idrija region, first mentioned in 1335. Click for more.
• Pr' Ivaniš, small farm blacksmith shop where the smith used charcoal and forged metal by hand to meet the needs of his own farm and his nearby neighbors for metal items and metalworking services. Click for more.

 

My first stop was in Logatec, by the church of St. Cross.

Italian Watchtower on Rapallo Border (1920 - 1943 (officially till 1947))

 

Hiking and Geocaching along the Klavžarica Stream or Revenova grapa

Kanomlja Water Barriers - Water barrier on the Ovčjak or Klavžarica Stream were built in the period from 1812-1813 and restored in the beginning of this century. They were built to provide enormous quantities of wood for the second largest mercury mine on the globe, the Idrija Mercury Mine. The most suitable method of transporting timber to the valley was floating along natural water routes. The Kanomlja water barriers accumulated up to 16000 m^3 of water, which flowed out in 20 minutes, carrying up to 1500 m^3 of timber over a distance of 8 kilometers to Spodnja Idrija, where it was stopped.

Tree on top of my highest point, Vrh, and local dog, that was my companion for half of the track

Panorama from Vrh, 798 m

GeoCaching trail in Srednja Kanomlja - Garmin Connect

Sunset from Dolenji Novaki on my way back home

GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable item "P'tit loup", TB6VX64, until it was dropped off):
- Cerkvica sv. Kriza na Taboru, GC2Q8WV
- Rapallo Border 1920-1947 - Italian Watchtower, GC6KEJM
- took a webcam photo at  Zala, GCM0EG
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #1, GC5YCEJ
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #2, GC5YCF2
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #3, GC5YCFB
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #4, GC5YCFZ
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #5, GC5YCG5
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #6, GC5YCGE
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #7, GC5YCGT
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #8, GC5YCGZ
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #9, GC5YCH4
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #10, GC5YCHJ
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #11, GC5YCHW
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #12, GC5YCJ0
- Kanomeljske Klavže, GC5YCJV
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #13, GC5YCK3, where I dropped off trackable item "P'tit loup", TB6VX64
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #14, GC5YCK9
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #15, GC5YCKM
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #16, GC5YCNR
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #17, GC5YD93
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #18, GC5YD94
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #21, GC5YD9A
- Šturmajce, GC5YD9C
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #22, GC5YD9D
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #23, GC5YD9F
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #24, GC5YD9J
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #25, GC5YCMK
- Pr' Ivaniš, GC5YCMD
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #26, GC5YCM0
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #27, GC5YD9P
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #29, GC5YD9R
- [Trail] Nazaj h koreninam #30, GC5YD9T