Brooding, moody, sunsets

Rainy days usher in July. The sunset walk is obligatory. Big puddles, wet fields, rain drops on leaves, a fresh smell in the air. Warm enough for one layer and a shower-proof jacket in the rucksack. Off I go then. Photos from today, yesterday and Friday evening.

Below: Grobice, looking towards the DK 50, beyond lies the village of Sułkowice.

Below: Nowe Grobice, looking towards the DK 50. A magnificent sky, threatening more rain.

Below: on the DK 50 itself, Warsaw's current de facto ring-road, the transit route for trucks heading east-west between Germany and Russia. Saturday night, and the road's quiet for a while - until the next convoy of trucks hurtles through.

Below: further along the DK 50, in Nowe Grobice, the BP station; time for a hot-dog and a beer.

Below: ulica Miodowa ('honey street'), on the eastern edge of Chynów. Once, you could cross the railway line here, an ungated rural level crossing. Closed during the modernisation of the line. [Still shown as open on Google Maps; OpenStreetMap is more up-to-date.] Now, you have to do a 1.3km detour down to Jakubowizna and back up the other side before you can carry on along ul. Miodowa into Chynów. Click to enlarge - peer into the centre of this photo - it has a most evocative klimat.

Below: between Grobice and Jakubowizna, an impressionist sky.

Below: between Chynów and Sułkowice, a Warsaw-bound train passes the setting sun.

Below: bonus shot - the Sienkiewicz InterCity express links Olsztyn and Kraków once again through Warsaw and Radom. One pair of trains a day; these are currently the only trains not to stop in Chynów. The new timetable, introduced last week, sees two pairs of semi-fast services now cover the distance to Warszawa Zachodnia in a mere 35 minutes.

This time last year:
Town and country in summer

This time two years ago:

Across the Pilica to Strzyżyna

This time three years ago:
West Ealing to Castlebar Park - waiting for Crossrail

This time four years ago:
tRUmp flies into Warsaw

This time seven years ago:
Making Poland's railways safer