I’m often asked why I live where I do, in the Carpathian Mountains of Eastern Slovakia. Watch the film ‘The Wolf Mountains’ (Vlčie Hory) and you’ll understand why. It’s filmed an hour away from me and, aside from the bison, wild horse and bear (thankfully), we get all the same wildlife right outside my back door. Living in my region, in terms of flora and fauna, is like living back in the Middle Ages – a state of natural beauty lost to the rest of Europe. Sadly, modern technology, urbanisation and mass farming are encroaching and I’m glad my children had the chance to grow up here before the wolf, boar, lynx, beaver, marten and stag are lost to corporate coffee shop chains, fast food outlets and genetically modified crops.
Humanity really needs to consider just what we’re leaving for future generations and losing for momentary greed
Carpathian Adventure 