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Nice and long tour, you started of course at the parking below planina Podvežak, not at Ravne.

I agree.

If it has a white patch on the crown, it's not great tit, but coal tit. During nesting season, it likes to come to the hand for a piece of walnut or cheese.

Greenfinch, friendly and sociable bird.

I agree with 'primoza'. There were times when it wasn't hard to start in the morning at the hut in KB, do even a solid over 2000m elevation gain, miss the bus in the evening and hike to Stahovice. Years bring their own and for many a rusty mountaineer the option to start the tour at 1000m asl is of decisive importance. I myself gladly pay an appropriate road toll (like for example to Blato), let the eager youngsters park below and happily hike, parcel owners and hut suppliers have free access. Maybe some euro would really remain for maintaining roads and parking lots. With good will many things can be arranged so that as many users as possible are satisfied.

Thirty years ago I would have been strongly against driving right under the hill. With years though every saved elevation meter becomes more important and for many retired mountaineers roads to Jermanca, Vrata, Lengar, Dovška, Lučka and Tolminske Ravne, Podvežak, Dolge Njive, Vas na Skali, planina Kuhinja, Zapleč, ...
are precious help to save some strength for the upper floors of our mountains. Even to drive a bit closer to Tamar from Planica would be welcome, of course keeping the hut's immediate surroundings in current shape.