Poland generally, is a fairly flat country and only really has serious hills on it's southern border - The Sudety Mountains on the border with the Czech Republic and the Tatra Mountains along the Slovakian one. Heading south to the Czech Republic meant therefore that I had to cross the Sudetes.
The local railway line that connects this part of Poland with the Czech Republic only operates in the summer, in fact this weekend (the last in September) was the final weekend of cross border trains from Wrocław to Adrspach (my next stop) for this year.
Why am I going to Adrspach? To visit the Adrspach-Teplice Rocks National Park. The Sudetes are a sandstone range, a rock that easily weathers, consequently over time weather and erosion have formed the rocks into weird shapes. Take a look at some pictures ......
In common with some other National Parks on the continent you have to pay an entrance fee (about £4) which goes towards the upkeep and probably helps keep the number of visitors in check. Here they are also quite strict in that you have to keep to way marked paths, because of the ease with which sandstone erodes. Several areas are board-walked to lessen the impact of tourist's feet.
The park is in two halves one at Adrspach and the other at Teplice with a trail linking the two. So tomorrow I will be exploring it more fully.
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