Nová Baňa… Someone may think, that when I spent practically my entire childhood here I would know every corner.. But I only know a small part of it (mostly around my grandma’s house). I really started to discover neighborhood after I started running.
This time I chase hill Priesil. My original destination was castle situated on hill Hrádok above village Tekovká Breznica (of course didn’t find it). There are only ruins left from Breznica castle, which was built in 13th century. It was several times burned-out by Turks and at the end of 18th century it lost importance, deteriorated more and more. Rains and frosts destroyed walls. And then in more peaceful times people took it apart to built their houses. It is not known when the castle disappear completely. Big blocks from towers were used to build a church. The last standing memories are around 1 meter high, disintegrating remains of one tower.
When I got going (around 8 o’clock in the morning), the waether wasn’t quite enjoyable – drizzle and gloomily looking clouds. This can be the reason why I run into a herd of 20 does and one deer (they ran away that moment I tried to take photo).
The ascend on Hrádok is quite demanding, I need to walk few times. The path is barely visible, but the signs are new and nicely visible. There is a viewpoint (only 200m from path)
As I climbed to Priesil, there snow was deeper and deeper. Terrain was quite technical, lot of boulders and smaller rocks a the path was barely used. I entertain myself for a while with distinguishing animal tracks (fox, deer, stag, badger and of course wild boar). The snow was deep, climb difficult and I started to think about changing my plan (first plan was lap, with around 8 km in this snow ahead). I decided to go back from Priesil on the same path.
Closely to Priesil the snow was knee deep and as I stand under last climb, I almost gave up. But thanks to my stubbornness, I climb up (need to use my hands, pulse 200, sweaty…)
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