Routes - Day 3 - Plzeň to Vernířovice

A change I made some weeks ago and didn't update the blog. I added Church of Bones near Kutná Hora to the the route across from Plzeň. 

It is only a short detour off the D11 to the Ossuary and then back to the D11. 

The original route does take a stop off at Rozhledna Doubravka XIV.

It's just a short walk from the main road. 

Plus of course the slight detour to Poland and Boboszów!

Rozhledna Doubravka XIV?

I am always looking for places to "stop off" on the way when I am going anywhere.  And I saw this on the "Visit Czech Republic" website - Rozhledna Doubravka XIV.

Rozhledna Doubravka XIV

"This three-legged lookout tower was built in 2018 by Professor Ing. Martin Rajniš and his colleagues from Hut Architecture. The structure is made of acacia wood and has 98 steps ascending to the top.

👀 Prague and its surrounding area, stretching far into the distance, can be viewed from the summit. It's a wonderful place to come to, if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and immerse yourself in nature." - Quoted from Visit Czech Republic web and FB page.

On Google maps it doesn't look too far off the route I have chosen (or rather MyRouteApp has chosen!)  from my hotel stop in Plzeň. Although the area nearby doesn't look all that marvellous when it comes to leaving a motorcycle and luggage unattended!  It does look to be only about 200 yards from a main road and a petrol station.

On this leg of the trip I have already built in a stop with my former student and now friend Rosta in Hradec Králové and even a little detour into Poland and Boboszów to "bag" Poland on the trip!

As the time approaches I'll look for other titbits to check out on the route across Germany and the Czech Republic and of course, on the way home.

Routes - Day 3 - Plzeň to Vernířovice

Is this the last update we shall see?  The trip isn't for about 8 months so much could change in that time. Hopefully the overnight stops  have been sorted once and for all.

All there is no do is maybe look out some more places to stop off along the route without making too much deviation.

The hotels I have booked are all on booking.com and apart from Plzeň are either doubles or twins. I don't expect to share with anyone in any case. All I will say ids that is because I not only snore badly, but have a few medical needs that might keep others awake.  Unless of course it is my brother Neill and then that's okay!

To use a phrase I hate, I have already "reached out" to Rosta about a stop off on the way past Hradec Králové to meet face to face for the first time since 2011.  We are so much older that we might recognise each other!

The basic route looks like this:

Plenty of time to add places to stop and be a tourist. 

In fact at one point the route passes less than a kilometre from the Polish border and so maybe I can "bag" Poland on this trip too? And there is a very interesting old church in the village of Boboszów just crying out to be visited. ;)