Podgrad - Mehovski hrib (gentle path)

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the Dolenjska motorway at the Novo mesto East exit, then follow the signs for Metlika. When Novo mesto ends, go through Dolnja Težka Voda, past Koroška vas, and then start climbing more visibly. After the rest area on the left, turn right towards Vinja vas and Podhrad. Then drive through Vinja vas, and when you arrive in Podgrad, park in the parking lot opposite the fire station of PGD Podgrad and the branch primary school.
b) From Bela krajina, we drive to the Vahta Pass, and then start descending towards Novo mesto. Leave the main road and turn left towards Vinja vas and Podgrad. Then drive through Vinja vas, and when you arrive in Podgrad, park in the parking lot opposite the fire station of PGD Podgrad and the branch primary school.

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the school playground, which you can walk around on the tarmac road that runs under the playground. After the playground, go right, initially climbing across a meadow, where a trail quickly appears, crossing to the right. The path soon turns left and leads to a crossroads where the path from the neighbouring Vinje vas joins from the right.
The way forward leads us past two benches (the first one has a shortcut to the right), then makes a serpentine and leads us just a little further to a place where a difficult path "over the rock" branches off to the left.
Continue straight ahead, climbing moderately through the forest, and higher up, where the path turns slightly to the left, a steep path from Vinje vas joins us from the right.
From the crossroads, there is only a short climb and the path leads to the scenic Mehov hill.
Description and pictures refer to October 2019.

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