Our day began with a glorious morning walk along the lake at Mikolajki. The town has a hint of Wroxham about it with boats for hire and plentiful ice cream stalls. I love that people were eating ice cream at 10am 😂
From there it was a drive out to the Forest Arboretum of Warmia i Mazur which had a couple of short trails, boulder collection, various types of bee hive and an exercise area that Mabel and I had a play on. Mabels rolls are coming along nicely and I struggled to do 9 pull-ups, a few sit ups, and I’ve forgotten what you can do on hoops/parallel bars 🙈 Here I’m wearing my newly cut shorts as my darn thighs had worn a big hole in my jeans…who likes short shorts 😜
We popped into Ostródzie for another lake walk and saw some impressive water skiing on zip wires that looked fun…might have to give it a go next time. Mark had a special rolled ice cream, while the pups and I drooled (no vegan option).
Back in the super hot van we drove on in pursuit of Goose Mountain Stone Circle in Elblag. From the Google picture I wasn’t too bothered about going but Mark was keen. 50min drive and 35min walk with several dead ends, thistle stings and a suggestion we give up…we finally found the circle. By God was it underwhelming – literally a knee high circle with a couple of graffiti covered picnic benches and teenagers hanging out. Plus we weren’t sure where the van was parked as we had gone such an odd route. Still I can’t complain as I’ve definitely taken Mark to some random places…the old red shed by the lake springs to mind 😂
We found our way back, and in fairness it was lovely that the huge area had hundreds of little allotments and gardens. Quite a few had families sitting out enjoying a BBQ. I’m not sure if these are left over from the war when land was divided up or whether it’s an alternative to gardens.
Tonight we are parked up in Malbork overlooking the world’s largest medieval castle… looking forward to exploring it tomorrow
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