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Foxgloves

Posted on January 10, 2021 by jonathan trustram

Here’s another favourite, also from Slovenia, an orchid which loves mountain woodland and thrives inconspicuously even in deep shade, though this one was right by the edge of a road. It’s called Epipactis atrorubens. We call it a helleborine. Its … Continue reading →

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endemics

Posted on January 15, 2017 by jonathan trustram

A few words on the claim, the acclaim, the clamour for endemics. When we say that a disease is endemic, we simply mean established, I think, in a particular area. But when it is said that a plant is endemic … Continue reading →

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an easy climb to Crna Prst in July, 2014

Posted on February 7, 2016 by jonathan trustram

– made easier because I took a taxi from Stara Fuzina, beside the lake at Bohinj, up to the end of the road, just below the abandoned skiing station. I’m going to get some help to  put all this in … Continue reading →

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A longer walk

Posted on December 16, 2015 by jonathan trustram

Next day I walked back down through the forest to the valley. Before I left the big party of young Italians from an alpine club set out. Deterred from the long high walk they  had planned by the weather, they had … Continue reading →

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a short walk in the Velo Polje

Posted on December 15, 2015 by jonathan trustram

I was thinking about different ways of seeing Cornwall (see ‘at Lamledra’), and then a strange place in Slovenia (see ‘at Vodnikov Dom’). If you don’t like plants, look away now. The time is early July. In fact it was … Continue reading →

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Vodnikov Dom again

Posted on December 8, 2014 by jonathan trustram

I got stuck. I got lost. I was trying to write about, or move towards writing about, certain perfect spots, mostly in the mountains, and trying not to use words like perfect, or magical, or secret, or timeless, or sacred … 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

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

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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