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An absolutely gorgeous little Italianate chapel today

The chapel of Święty Idzi z Saint-Gilles / St. Giles the Hermit

Sadly I missed the wooden church dedicated to him from 1652 in the nearby town

#Chapels #Shrines #Kapliczki #Kaplice #MotoSky #JMZrides
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September 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Well hello, ...again!

Kept seeing this American car today

Chevrolet Caprice?

amazing throaty sound from the engine

#MotoSky #Chevrolet #JMZrides
August 26, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Oh

Just found a really poor video of me going the opposite direction to the images 3 & 4 in the quoted post

The 'sport cam' cost pennies...

and you can see why!

#MotoSky #OldPolishRoads #jmzRides
January 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
a short saunter out the back of the village,
Cmentarna / Cemetery Road is on the right

Then so many SUNFLOWERS!

but also long grass, with god know's what hidden in it

a further two more sunflower plots,
all facing different ways

song by Bearfoot

#MotoSky #JMZrides #Sunflowers #LusnaGréine
July 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
F*CKERS!

Well it is just a road / rat run now, sad

I can see due to yellow markers on other forest tracks that they are looking to restore other old Polish roads

better make the most of them while I can!

#MotoSky #OldPolishRoads #JMZrides
August 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Well the signs on this side have been removed,
but it is definitely still closed a month after the vid below,

No way am I riding over that

#MotoSky #JMZrides #PolishOldRoads #ClosedBridges
August 17, 2026 at 7:49 PM
So I am trying YouTube again as compressing videos for BlueSky takes a lifetime

This is a test video

#MotoSky #JMZrides

youtu.be/-ZATpIte_bE
July 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I'm here:
maps.app.goo.gl/SrxPFg2Sq3Vu...

one of the highest places in this area of Poland 400m

To the north (pic 1)
looks like you could see Blackpool Tower ...50p!
but that horizon remains flat for 100s of miles

The south (pic2)
the start of the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland...

#MotoSky #JMZrides
August 31, 2026 at 1:03 AM
also from today's little ramble

2 very large common Cranes off in the distance,
[not great pics, I miss my panasonic lumix tz99 with its 30x Optical zoom / 720mm!]

& 2 images of the bleak Polish countryside

#Cranes #Grús #Żurawie #JMZrides #Poland #Polska #MotoSky
September 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
So many people enjoying the river Warta today
kayakers out in their droves

tricky to capture as I need to look where I'm going sometimes

Many people also enjoying the man-made beaches alongside the Warta

..and no, they haven't fixed the bridges yet

#MotoSky #JMZrides
August 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Two new to me shrines, one newly built, on my ramble today.

I have no idea why new shrines pop up, not sure if people need planning permission or what, the new one is brand new, I know this road & there was never one here before

#Shrines #Kapliczki #Kaplice #MotoSky #JMZrides
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September 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
A little trip down to the airport

The old road has been marked as a cul-de-sac now, once a busy thoroughfare, now overgrown with many prickly things!

Looking at how close the road came to the runway you can see why they tried to close it

Song Deaf Shepherd

#MotoSky #JMZrides #OldPolishRoads
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July 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Joined on one of today's field/forest tracks by a rather dodgy old Volvo V40 diesel, I thought I saw dust, but it was smoke, he turned off down an impossible track,
I suspect he was dumping rubbish..

..and then an e-scooter!

tune from Conal Ó Gráda

#MotoSky #JMZrides
July 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Drift Ghost XL 'does not' have a 360° turnable camera,

mounted upside down on the left side of my helmet the horizon will never be horizontal

Some road / field snippets from my 2nd try today using the 140° wide angle

Sound again rubbish, replaced by a tune from Donal Lunny

#MotoSky #JMZrides
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July 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
'The Wave(s)'

I may have slowed the video down too much...

but we get Foot or feet, a raised hand,
then a full stretched arm and big smile!

#MotoSky #TheWave #JMZrides
August 29, 2026 at 4:49 PM
'sake!!!
this was hard

'check mirrors, anticipate,
check mirrors, anticipate,
check mirrors, anticipate.... '

I had this drummed in fierce!

almost 1 km & I think I only did it twice...

Cemetery Road / Cmentarna from the other side
..with only 2 head wobbles, may be 3...

#MotoSky #JMZrides
July 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Short ride down Cemetery Road / Cmentarna to my village

I'm on the lookout for deers, storks and birds of prey
If I would have kept my head still it would have looked better

Many of the old trees have been felled recently, very sad

[again sorry for the sound, can anybody help?]
#Motosky #JMZrides
July 12, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I've posted this trail before but with a rubbish camera,
here it is from today with a decent camera but rubbish sound,
not sure why?

AND, the reason I go slow on these trails is that I share them with other users, at 01:56 - Pilgrims...

this is a recognised pilgrim route...

#MotoSky #JMZrides
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July 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Bridge is STILL closed!

but some serious timbers and metalwork at the site

back home through the village of Łęg,
it is not pronounced anything like it is spelt

then down another forest road recently covered in asphalt

Song from Nouvelle Vague

#MotoSky #JMZrides #ClosedBridges #RoadToNowhere
July 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Welcome to Poland...

they either f*ck up forest roads or half finish them

because this forest road was supposed to be upgraded,
they didn't bother re-scraping half of it & it is full of pot-holes & puddles, my headlight bulb blew on the bumpy bit!

#MotoSky #OldPolishRoads #JMZrides
August 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I love this little hamlet of Kijów

One forest road into it & a forest road & a tarmac out

Many little old wooden cottages
only got electricity a few years ago
no gas, so solid fuel or oil

No church, just a new chapel, it was once mainly occupied by Jewish Polish people...
#MotoSky #JMZrides
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August 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Short video 3

starts at a bridge being repaired,
then a huge recreational area with a big part fenced off from dogs

As I enter Trząska-Zawodzie (01:32) there's a small chapel-like building with a steep roof,
this is the village communal cold store

Song: 'Sovay - John Doyle'

#MotoSky #JMZrides
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July 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Some stills from the above video clip

#MotoSky #JMZrides #Summer

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August 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I posted this video below with a tune that I thought I liked, but then I thought it didn't suit

so this one has the Cure singing an acoustic version of their song while I ride a very overgrown & up-&-down forest track where my average speed is 5 kmph

#MotoSky #ForestRide #PolishOldRoads #JMZrides
The same video as above,
but with an acoustic version of A Forest by The Cure, not a cover

I think if I put a second cam on my handlebars it will show the ups-&-downs a bit better, as for most of this vid I'm on the pegs

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#MotoSky #JMZrides #aForest #TheCure
August 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM