Zgornja Rečica (Maček) - Govško brdo (past shepherd's chapel)

Access to starting point:
We drive into Laško, and then at the traffic light crossroad we drive in the direction of Spodnja Rečica. Further, Laško ends and we arrive in Spodnja Rečica, and later also in Zgornja Rečica, and we drive to the bus stop Zgornja Rečica Maček, where the described path begins. At the starting point, there aren't any parking spots.

Path description:
Near the bus stop is a recycling spot and a small crossroad, by which there are signs for Govce. We take a side road in the direction of Govce, where we first cross the stream Rečica, then ascend to the homestead Jutršek, where the road turns to the right. Over a grassy area follows an ascent to a chapel, where the road turns to the left and enters the forest. Next follows a diagonal ascent through the forest on an initially asphalt road; when the asphalt road starts descending, we turn right onto a macadam road. We continue ascending diagonally to the left on the macadam road, and at the cross, a path on a cart track from the starting point in Huda Jama joins us.
We continue on the road, and a little further, a footpath from the starting point in Huda Jama also joins us.
The path ahead passes onto the southeastern slopes of Govško brdo, where the slope becomes slightly steeper; when the slope flattens, we arrive at a small crossing. To the left, a forest road continues, which ends lower down; to the right, a less-trodden footpath continues.
Here, we can continue straight on the road, which, a little higher after a right turn, is joined by a marked path starting in Laško, or we can turn right onto a footpath that continues through the forest and returns to the road just before the hunting lodge.
When both paths merge, we leave the forest and arrive at a crossing near the hunting lodge.
At the hunting lodge, the path splits, and we head towards the shepherd chapel (slightly left, the usual path from Govce to Govško brdo). A little further, as the path enters the forest, we notice a blaze on a tree, but further on, blazes are mostly absent. Higher up, the path splits, and we continue left towards the shepherd chapel, reaching it in a minute of additional walking after crossing a short, steeper slope.
We bypass the chapel on the left side; from a small crossroad a few dozen steps ahead, we go right (left downwards joins the previously mentioned usual path to Govško brdo). Next follows a short, steep ascent, and we return to the path that bypassed the shepherd chapel on the right side, following it left upwards. Further, the path turns slightly to the left and then mostly ascends diagonally to the left; higher up, at a small saddle, we reach the eastern ridge of Govško brdo, where blazes reappear.
We follow the ridge path to the left (the right path leads through the eastern secondary peak towards the Rečica valley), ascending more steeply for some time; when the ridge flattens, we join the usual beaten path.
Here we continue straight (sharply left to Govce) and, in a few minutes of moderate ascent along a forested ridge, reach Govško brdo.
The starting point - Govce 0:45, Govce - shepherd chapel 0:15, shepherd chapel - Govško brdo 0:35.
Description and pictures refer to a condition in April 2023 and February 2025.

On the way: Lovski dom Govce (565m), Pastirska kapelica (640m)