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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Kevin Rushby

Vast panoramas and the gleaming Adriatic: a cycle ride in west Slovenia

St Anton Church and Kobarid Ossuary, Caporetto Memorial from First World War. Aerial Drone View
Kobarid’s St Anton Church and Ossuary, where the Battle of Caporetto was fought in 1917. Photograph: merc67/Getty Images

We bump into Leon on a forested hillside overlooking the Slovenian town of Kobarid. It is the start of our bike ride and we are fiddling with saddle positions and checking tyre pressures when he shows up. “Leave the bikes there,” he says. “There’s something you should see.”

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