Hiking

Here's the second shot I took. The trail was actually not a proper dirt trail, as it has paved with tarmac, but we saw relatively few cars.

More hiking signs.....

I just shot this because I liked how it looked, although now I think I have some better shots.....

I don't remember whether I shot this at the end of the hike, or in the car on the way back to Nova Pec. In any case, I really like this one.

Like the previous shot, this could have been from the car or on foot. I really don't remember.

I've been searching everywhere for info on this canal, and as far as I can ascertain it was mainly a logging canal.

The Schwarzenberg Canal is of relatively small dimensions, but it is nevertheless a proper canal with locks like this one. I'm not sure of its current status, but it's still in good enough condition to appear maintained. Does anybody know if it's still used for anything?

I'm not sure why I took this photo, other than that it's hard to resist some hiking shots in the woods.

Here's the third photo in my Sumava Hike series. I shot this off to one side of the trail.

Here's an alternate to Picture 2.

Here there was a stream back into the woods from a culvert that led to the canal.

Even more interesting was this bunker on one of the curves in the Schwarzenberg Canal, or at least that's what it looked like. It had been filled with concrete by the time I took this, but given the (apparently) Russian markings on it, I'm almost certain that it dates to the days when it when Sumava was a military area, possibly as far back as World War II. Any further info on this would be really interesting.

Here's a close up of the Russian, I think, lettering on the apparent bunker.

Here's yet another shot from the trail. :-)

This is one of my better shots from the trail...I hope.

This was mainly for the lineup of the trees and the sunlight shining through them.

There is a limited amount of logging going on in Sumava, and so I found these felled trees and realised a great photo opportunity. I really like how these came out, and they may be my favorites from the Sumava trip.

Here's another shot of the logs.