Kings of the Castle

While the reason for us being in Poland was to see the country from two wheels, it was good, now and again, to have a break from cycling to do some sightseeing and to find out more about the history and heritage of this great country.


Quite early in the week we cycled to a castle where the Hungarian nobility used to live when the part of Poland we were passing through was part of Hungary. This was the castle of Niedzica and a very fine castle it was too.

The cannon outside the castle was a bit of a disappointment though especially to Yorkie who fancied impressing the rest of our group with his human cannonball stunt.


As you can see the barrel had been filled in with wood. We did think about burning it out so Yorkie could do his stunt but we decided that was a bit drastic and as it was a boiling hot day we simply hadn't got the energy.

As it was so hot we were able to take advantage of the fact that the castle was situated on the edge of a big reservoir and go for a swim. Although reservoir swimming is often prohibited at home, for obvious reasons, it was o.k. to swim in this Polish reservoir - we weren't breaking any rules. Mind you, our fur was so sweaty from the heat and the the 3km uphill pedal we'd just done that the water would have needed a good clean and filter once we'd been it! The cool off, though, was just what we needed and made us feel like new bears again.

Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx