Devall Travels

The plan today was to visit one of the show caves in the Moravian Karst. This is an area near the small town of Blansko to the north of Brno. We found that to visit  Punkevní jeskyně    t hat we should have booked three weeks ago! Jarek called a business contact at the caves administration and they sorted out tickets. We drove up there, stopping for lunch at the hotel attached to the  Černá Hora  brewery. Claire and I both had gulaš and Lilka a healthier salad! The brewery here was first built back in 13th century. They have become very proficient. At the caves we took the cable car from the parking level to the entrance area. I have been here before but not into the cave. Lilka collected our tickets and we found they were free. The tour is about 800m of walking through galleries and caves with many stalactites and stalagmites in clusters. I took some photos (a couple here) and some came out okay in the low light. There is then an electric boat ride through the ...

The focus of the entire trip! Up early to have breakfast and then walk a few hundred metres up the road from Lilka's house to catch one of the free buses that run between the city centre and the circuit. There's room on the first one and ten minutes later we are following a huge crowd to the viewing area G. We set up camp at the top of the bank about half way up the hill that sucks the power from the small classes. We are in the braking area for the series of bends that lead into the start and finish complex. Although I managed only three  laps here before the brakes on my Cavalcade overheated I can't remember any of it now! We see Moto2 and MotoGP warm-up and then a couple of Ducati's do some warm-ups. These are the pillion ride bikes with Randy Mamola and another rider. All the commentary is in Czech and German so we have no real idea what is going on! The 125 race is pretty close run all through as is the Moto2. But the MotoGP starts close. Lorenzo leads the three Re...