EPW-1 2018 Day 1

Hotel Sopron

Forest gate

Forest

Yes just started but don't forget to enjoy the forest and the birds. Lovely

Forest gate, then right

Small path on right

Continue straight edge of forest

Right onto vehicle track.

Forest/logging debris by roadside

Left at fork

Left at fork

To the right, meadow ahead,

First up hill, keep on up!

Keep going up

Conifer understory on left and not right of track? Newly planted?

On and up

Top of ridge, look back to Harka and Sopron

Lake and swamp in the distance is where many Hungarians crossed to Austria at end of 1956, During Russian Retaliation for Hungarian uprising; according to James Michener 1957 book The Bridge at Andau

Left along stream

Out of forest, view to Harka village

Curious or worried?

Right at T; no arrows for a while; Harka is left.

Stay on bitumen

Enjoy cherries. Mulberries. First marker for a while; we may have been off track for last kilometre!

Border, into Neckenmarkt, Austria

No border formalities

saint Dinatus and cherry tree with red arrow

You could instead walk through the vineyards and along the stream into Neckenmart town

Neckenmarkt town sign

Go up 2nd set of stairs, just after first set

Downhill to railway and Hortiscon

Back in the vineyards, turn tight

Map on information board at shelter

Straight ahead towards blue factory

Veering left at gate of blue roof factory

T junction busy road; go left; or right to village of Unterfraueheit (detour); two hares in mown field, nice

Right at T junction towards houses; brown songlarks in their high flying loud calling mating flight, lovely!

Sawmill, Unterfrauerheit village, turn left into village edge

Beer left, bitumen; sign says Guterweg

This is quite a busy road, long way on bitumen

Do those trees hide the 'little chapel'?

A bit weary, sick of road walking

Yes, they do: the chapel

In the small chapel

Is that Saint Sebastian, pierced by arrows?

Turn left at woods for the final 800 m to the yurts, yay!

And what are those wooden towers for? Not bird watching I think!

Jufa hostel and yurts