Blansko, Czech Republic

We booked the tour of Punkevni Jeskyne, the huge set of caves leading from the Macocha Abyss. The tickets sell out by lunchtime, so we booked for the next day. We peered over the edge into the abyss. Below us, misty tendrils of what looked like clouds ...

There was time to kill before our tour of the cave. There are a number of caves in the area with different attributes. One has fine stalagnates, another a collection of cave bear skeletons and a third some evidence of habitation. I would like to see ...

... . A stream flowed through the rare habitat of the ravine floor. We stared upwards at the impossibly high sides, towering above us. Czech legend tells of Macocha, the evil step-mother, who threw her step-son into the abyss. Caught on a branch, he survived ...

Sunday 17th Sept