Left
camp at about 11:30 and traveled towards a canyon going via a narrow
valley.
We stopped to take photos and while john was waiting he looked out his window into the water on the track and noticed two turtles - about 4cm long in a mud puddle.
Houses in disrepair are quite common
We drove through some more very
fertile valleys. Some of the crop was already going to seed and
others about to be planted. Paddocks are very small and numerous as
are the little tractors.
The tractors are not only used in the fields but are often seen in the towns. I guess they are doing their shopping!!
We
are seeing stork nest again but now with the stork sitting on eggs. Some small villages can have a nest on every power pole! The sparrows enjoy hanging around and maybe living there too.
With
spring there are a lot of flowers so am enjoying taking some
closeups.
This
is the second playground we have seen in small villages. It is
plonked down amongst the gravel and close to the road on the
outskirts of town. No soft fall here!!
We
followed this lake (Obruk Reservoir or Kizilirmak river) and stopped for a bite of lunch overlooking it.
The
bigger towns seem to have many new large apartment buildings sitting
empty.
In
one larger towns (Corum) we thought to have EC greased. Stopped at one place
and they said further along then at a shop next door we looked for a
latch for our steps and found one. They couldn’t find a fan though
but they did have ours spinning sometimes….
The guy
jumped on his bike and took us to a another oil shop who then made a
phone call. Guy #1 left and guy #2 was followed until he finally stopped and
we waited. 5 mins later a van pulled up - a mobile grease unit with
compressor and all. Job done thoroughly for A$10.
And
we were away again.
Found a camp site looking down over the town of Ortakoy and a big Turkish flag a little further along the track.
We
were going to do the washing but seemed too hard so left it till
morning. John cooked a stir fry outside on the camp stove.
166km