We
left our little hidey hole and continued our run to the SE of Poland, to a small place called Gruzowa. Our unexpected
route change last night has us a different option to go south so we
will no longer be retracing our footsteps.
The
small roads had a little traffic which eased our feeling of
apprehension, and once on the motorway all anxious feelings of "not
allowed to be driving" left. There were trucks (not as many as
yesterday) and cars so all good.
The
free way was easy driving and we would just slot behind a truck that
would overtake us and settle in. Maximum speed for above 3.5 ton is
80km/h but some trucks sat just under 90km/h so we travelled with them.
We
did joke about "your OK just stay on road and go straight don’t
exit…." Always funnier the next day.
We passed quite a few modern designed churches.
From freeway onto small back
roads which slow progress as it is signposted 50km/h through the towns or
at least within the town limit is 50km/h but most cars don’t slow much
and trucks will still do 70km/h. We tend to slow.
Peter
has kindly offered to get us fresh local milk and local cheese and
organised a roast lamb which will be ready at 2pm Sunday.
Peter
has said he and his partner have a cough so will not invite us into
their house. All good with us.
We
did a last little shop some wine, bread and olive oil.
Arrived
at Peters holiday house and he met us with a Polish Corona Shake.
In
his Mitsubishi ute he took us to his hill. It had been raining and
the paddock a bit slippery.
Our forward momentum stopped so we dropped tire pressure and John took a
run at it. Then had to go around the edge in the longer dead grass
for traction.
Peter
left to go sit in his Hide and hope for a boar to wander past. Once
shot they are tested a sample taken to the vet who examine it under
microscope for African swine flu.
Peter
will bring our roast lamb out when the bakery has finished cooking it
sometime after 2pm tomorrow. I hope it is not a full sheep and only a
leg otherwise we will have storage issues.
I
think we are feeling safe here at least from being moved on. I am
unsure how the local village will accept us but we will wait and see.
-5℃ forecast with real feel of -9℃. 3-6 cm of snow forecast tomorrow.
A
lovely spot but maybe to many trees. We may have to move a little once
we work out where the sun tracks across the sky. No sun at the
moment.
434km Camp
site 391m alt.
