Laika zi\u0146as p\u0101rliecino\u0161i sola mums p\u0101rbaud\u012bjumus, bet tie m\u016bs neattur pirmdienas r\u012bt\u0101 iestumt bus\u0101 zili baltos draugus, kuri p\u0113c ziemas gu\u013cas gaida savu iesp\u0113ju atgriezties Lei\u0161mal\u012bt\u0113.
No Akn\u012bstes ducinam caur pieliju\u0161ajiem laukiem un p\u013cav\u0101m, kas m\u016bs virza Pilkalnes mui\u017eas virzien\u0101, kur atjaunotaj\u0101 Lintenu mui\u017e\u0101 m\u016bs gaida Irma un Valdis Tomsoni .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jau p\u0113c p\u0101ris nobrauktiem kilometriem mums n\u0101kas risin\u0101t konfliktu ar jaunu, agres\u012bvi noska\u0146otu jaunsaimnieku, kura \u012bpa\u0161um\u0101 m\u0113s nomaldoties esam non\u0101ku\u0161i. \u0160\u012b situ\u0101cija zin\u0101m\u0101 m\u0113r\u0101 atg\u0101dina da\u017eas epizodes 60.gadu amerik\u0101\u0146u kulta film\u0101 \u201cEasy Rider\u201d, kuru \u0100ris, p\u0113c mana ieteikuma, noskat\u012bj\u0101s vakar\u0101 pirms brauciena. Bus\u0101 bija laiks p\u0101rspriest itk\u0101 d\u012bvaino epizodi filmas beig\u0101s, kur tiek uzs\u0101kta ap\u0161aude ar motociklistiem. T\u0101 bija atkl\u0101ta t\u0113ma gan Amerik\u0101 pirms 60 gadiem, gan ar\u012b \u0161obr\u012bd m\u016bsdienu Eirop\u0101. T\u0101 aptver konfliktu starp lopkopjiem un motobrauc\u0113jiem. Katram ir sava taisn\u012bba, bet k\u0101 konflikti tiek risin\u0101ti, reiz\u0113m, ir kino cien\u012bgi. \u0160oreiz ar\u012b Lei\u0161mal\u012bt\u0113.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
P\u0101rbaud\u012bjumus tehnikai un mums rad\u012bja aizaugusi stiga pie varen\u0101 Stupe\u013cu pilskalna, kur Imanta Ziedo\u0146a vad\u012bt\u0101 di\u017ekoku atbr\u012bvot\u0101ju grupa uzst\u0101d\u012bjusi akmeni ar uzrakstu. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ap devi\u0146iem vakar\u0101 nosalu\u0161i, izliju\u0161i, caur caur\u0113m slapji ieripojam Pilkalnes mui\u017eas pagalm\u0101, kur Haskijus sagaida naktsm\u0101jas kl\u0113t\u012b, bet m\u016bs Irmas kundzes silt\u0101s vakari\u0146as un izkurin\u0101ta istaba vien\u0101 no mui\u017eas \u0113k\u0101m.
Par Tomsonu p\u0101ra saimnieko\u0161anu mui\u017e\u0101 uzzin\u0101j\u0101m iepaz\u012bstot Imanta un Rimanta Ziedo\u0146u \u201cLei\u0161mal\u012bti\u201d, un ar prieku var p\u0101rliecin\u0101ties, ka p\u0113c 10 gadiem viss ir att\u012bst\u012bjies tikai pozit\u012bvi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valdis ir lielisks st\u0101stnieks un m\u0113s atv\u0113rt\u0101m mut\u0113m klaus\u0101mies \u0161os aizraujo\u0161os st\u0101stus par to, k\u0101 cilv\u0113ki, ziedojot savu ener\u0123iju ilg\u0101k\u0101 dz\u012bves posm\u0101, ir saglab\u0101ju\u0161i v\u0113l vienu skaistu vietu Latvijas pierobe\u017e\u0101, pretim sa\u0146emot gandar\u012bjumu par paveikto un dz\u012bvotprieku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Weather forecast strongly gives us new challenges, but they don\u2019t stop us to put our whit friends in the bus on Monday morning. Our bikes are eager to return to action after a long winter\u2019s sleep. From Akn\u012bste we slowly move through damp meadows and fields, that directs us in direction of Pilkalnes manor, where in Lintenu manor we are awaited by Irma and Valdis Tomsoni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Already after few kilometres we have to resolve a conflict with a young and aggressive landlord. Accidentally, we have ridden in his property. This situation reminds us of few episodes from 1960s cult movie Easy Rider. \u0100ris, after my recommendation, watched it a day before our trip. We had some time to spare to discuss the weird episode at the end of the movie where the shooting happens. It was an open topic in America 60 years ago, and now in modern Europe. It\u2019s about conflict between the cattle breeders and motorcyclists. Each group has their own truth. But conflicts sometimes are resolved like in Hollywood movies. This time also in Lei\u0161mal\u012bte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our bikes are tested by an overgrown trail next to the mighty Stupe\u013ci castle mound, where a group of noble wood liberators lead by Imants Ziedonis have set up a stone with a marking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s around nine in the evening, we are cold and wet, and in such condition we arrive in the yard of Pilkalnes manor. We put our Huskies in a barn. Mrs Irma has prepared a warm dinner and awaits us in a warm room. I have read about Tomsons couple in Imants and Rimands Ziedonis book \u201cLei\u0161mal\u012bte\u201d. I am truly glad, that after 10 years things have gone very well and in a positive direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Valdis is a great story teller – we listed with wide open mouths to his stories about how people, sacrificing their energy in a long time, have preserved one of the most beautiful places in Latvia\u2019s border area. Their reward is satisfaction and joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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