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The Long Straight Road

I had pretty much recovered from the previous day’s epic walk from Słowik to home.

It was another fine day and wanting to speed up my weight loss I decided that I would go for another long (but not quite so long) walk. The objective was an interesting-looking lake at the end of Prosta (complete with island in the middle). Well, it was interesting enough. So, armed with a cheese, tomato and olive roll I set off down Prosta.

Prosta seems to be a road of many contrasts. Starting in the city, it’s a fairly normal residential street. Then, once you cross the busy Tarnowska road it turns into little more than a dirt track, bordered on one side by allotments and on the other by a motley assortment of houses. The roadside is also a dumping ground for bottles and other assorted rubbish. Fly-tipping seems to be a big problem in Poland.

Then for a while the street turns rural for a while, with so little traffic that children, chickens and even dogs are safe enough to play in the streets. Then you pass the old wooden church and there is a series of newly-built houses. After which signs of EU investment appear and pavements again make their appearance. Prosta ends. The final stretch of the journey is made along Sybiraków whereupon I spot a kiosk. Hmmm, what do I fancy? A bottle of coke, an ice cream or maybe a lottery ticket? On closer inspection the kiosk is disused and I will have to content myself with just my cheese roll when I reach my final destination.

Finally I reach the lake but opt against sitting down. Apart from the lovely view of lake, the place is a bit of a mess. Pine cones and broken glass resting side by side. After eating my roll I wearily head back along the road, passing and taking photos of all the interesting things that I had noticed on the way there.

A once-grand manor house perhaps? Now a dumping-ground, with a breeze-block extension tacked on the back.

The imposing tree-lined driveway to the manor house.

Kielce city limits.

Hmmm, wonder what this is/was used for?

Uwaga zła kura

Wooden church.

The lake (complete with islet) at the end of Prosta.

Kiosk, not open for business alas.

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