Today's walk was over a landscape dictated by the sandy soils. Not entirely flat, the low hills might have been ancient sand dunes. Areas of rough, uneven grassland and extensive woodland contrasted with the flat farmland of my previous days walking. There were also large fields of what looked like tabacco plants among the trees, some of it being irrigated. Although late in the season for flowers there were a few among the grass such as yarrow and two I had to check with my App; the white petals of Catchfly and yellow spikes of Mullein. Trees included Black Locust, Black Poplar, White Poplar, Red Oak and a few pines. Two deers ran off at my approach, there white bottoms bobbing up and down as they ran. A few people rode by on bicycles, out for a Sunday ride. One lady was distinctly uncomfortable with cycling and I had to jump off the trail so she did not hit me, I forgave her as she did say thank you.
The skies were dull and grey which matched my mood. Since my last walk on the Alfoldi Kektura the route had been changed. Previously the trail had formed a "Z" shape south of Debrecen, it had not been direct but had included attractive areas. The "Z" had now been extended, bulging out in the middle, adding an extra day's walking without the benefit of anything different to see. It was a change which I thought added nothing and demotivated me as it was in effect a day's walk in the wrong direction. It was fortunate that I had bought a large bottle of extra water (unfortunately sparkling) at Letavertes yesterday as there were no sources of water on the trail today, and no villages and few buildings to ask at. Several signs said I was at the boundary of a "Landscape Protection Area", maybe this was why the path had been moved?
On reaching 5 pm, and having achieved my planned mileage, I settled down to camp among some of the more mature trees, where there is less undergrowth and a wider spacing between tree trunks for my tent.
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