It was not an easy session, but when one waits for almost a month to fly a kite again, one does not trash-talk the moody wind … 😉 Between the hamlets of Zgornji Kašelj, Vevče, and Zalog on the eastern edge of Ljubljana basin a huge cylindrical structure rises by the Zaloška road: It’s a … Read more
This was a quick and neat KAP session in Tivoli City Park just outside Ljubljana Centre proper … the wind was strong, the park was almost empty due to pandemic restrictions, it was a nice flight. The Picavet we used is designed for two cameras (usually a near-infrared and a conventional one), so flying it … Read more
Kozler’s forest is the largest remnant of once extensive forest bogs of Ljubljana Marshes. It’s a beautiful and kinda mysterious place, and with the vast fields around it it’s a great kite flying and kite aerial photography spot. When, of course, the wind isnt’ that crazy. The wind was strong that sunny autimn afternoon, but … Read more
This was really frustrating … we went to one of the most charming and interesting places in Slovenia -and all we got are a couple (no, really – two!) good kite aerial photos … Hrastovlje. This fortified church dates back to 14th century – just after the plague ravaged the countyside – and is dedicated … Read more
In late 3rd century AD a guy from Tergeste converted to Christianity and since it was the time of Persecutions of Nurian, hid in a cave on the Karst edge high above the town. While he got spiritual guidance in that cave, he also got arrested and was executed, probably in 284 AD. His name … Read more
Materija lowland is a long dry limestone valley in the southwestern Slovenia, leading from the Karst edge above Trieste towards Rijeka and the Kvarner gulf. The streams that flow from the unpermeable flysch hills of Brkini that created deep blind valleys on contact with the limestone disappear into karst underground. And on the edge of … Read more
We went – again – to the high karst plateau of Bloke south of Ljubljana to catch the last warm sun rays and the nice wind that caresses the forested landscape – and try to survey a purported little Bronze Age hillfort. Bloke high plateau in its golden autumn glory While the hillfort proved elusive … Read more
The legend of Laurentius, one of the seven deacons of Rome, is quite amusing (for a martyrdom story) – when he was tortured on a gridiron over the fire, he called out: “Turn me over, I’m well done on this side!” … Thus he is a patron saint of cooks and comedians. Saint Lawrence is … Read more
Planina Polje – Planina karst field – is a classic example of this geological feature – a flat-bottomed depression over which a river Unica slowly meanders from its emergence from the Planina cave towards the sinkholes at the other end of the field. Kite aerial view towards the southern end of Planina polje Last time … Read more
Finally a good wind forecast made us pack the gear, and there were favourable conditions for some near infrared aerial archaeology … So we drove again to “our” place near the medieval castle Kalc in the upper Pivka valley, to determine where exactly – and if at all – once stood an Iron age settlement … Read more