Hidden by the dark

When I finally decided to change my location for the long exposure of the old Tremola I picked up my tripod and camera and slowly followed the dark path below the new Gotthard pass road back to the Gotthard hospice. Passing by the dark pillars of the road (it’s some kind of open tunnel) and the scary deep black hollow spaces between them I heard silent footsteps behind me, probably my own echo? – and some waterdrops falling down from the road above. It was like a creepy demonic vampire horror movie! Probably due to my darkest fears and nervousness I turned around every now and then – admittedly at least every ten meters – to make sure there was nobody or nothing behind me.

And there it was.

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Lucendro

Lucendro

Ein paar hundert Meter nördlich der Passhöhe des St. Gotthards biege ich von der modernen Passstrasse auf das alte holprige Pavés der alten St. Gotthardstrasse ab – fertig Asphalt – fertig Hetze. Rumpelnd, langsam und gemächlich geht die Fahrt weiter in Richtung Gotthardpass Hospiz – slowing down pur – abrupter könnte die ‘Entschleunigung’ nicht sein. Gleich bin ich am Ausgangspunkt meiner zweitägigen Tour im Gebiet der Gotthardpass 6-Seen-Wanderung.

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