Category Archives: walks

At Vodnikov Dom, a detour: from the Gasterntal to Spittelmatte, Switzerland

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Unable to introduce this place, this moment: in 2012 after staying for a few days in the Gasterntal in Switzerland, where I saw scenes of devastation, acres of high pasture flayed from the rocks beneath on which nothing could grow … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 7 Joey’s story

Posted on November 3, 2014 by jonathan trustram

(before I go on I should add a few notes.) 1) I still have no control over fonts and their size, which is annoying. 2) I was in Slovenia in early July. 3) There are two kinds of refuge in … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 6 the way up, cars, entitlement.

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I approached Vodnikov Dom through the narrow valley of the Mostnica. Within a wooded valley is a narrow gorge of roundly sculpted limestone where the water runs green and deep. Then further up the valley, past a refuge/restaurant where shiny … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 5 plant names, mountain greetings

Posted on October 30, 2014 by jonathan trustram

. Rhodothamnus chamaecistus. Gardeners will notice that the leaves are very like those of an azalea, (which of course is a rhododendron.) 2. It looks particularly beautiful with the light shining through the flowers. 3. A ‘dwarf’ cistus in Greece. 4. … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom 3 Velo Polje, WW1, Sheila’s surgeon

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

Vodnikov Dom sits below the cliffs of the north side of Tosc, protected by a little rocky knoll with a few larch trees on it, and just about on the tree line; the window of my room framed a section … Continue reading →

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At Vodnikov Dom, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, Thlaspi rotundifolium

Posted on October 29, 2014 by jonathan trustram

So long on introductions and scene setting I don’t arrive. Now I’ll miss the 7 17 train and have to wait half an hour, and I was so pleased with myself for starting work a couple of times at 7. … Continue reading →

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Cypripedium calceolus

Posted on August 28, 2012 by jonathan trustram

I spent a few days in the Gasterntal in Switzerland at the end of June, (in 2012). There in the woods grows the only north European orchid with the extravagant beauty of many tropical orchids. That it is to be … Continue reading →

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