Sluneční zátoka, Natural inlet near Ledeč nad Sázavou, Czech Republic.
Sluneční zátoka is an inlet along the Sázava River where the water curves naturally and is bordered by forested banks. The site features an open meadow that slopes toward the water, with trees providing shelter around the edges.
From 1925 to 1945 the oldest Czech scout troop, Pražská Dvojka, camped on this meadow under the leadership of the writer Jaroslav Foglar. The spot served as the model for the ideal camp in his book Hoši od Bobří řeky (1937). On 5 July 1997, the eve of Foglar's 90th birthday, a memorial was unveiled here in his presence; it was his last visit to the site.
The name Sluneční zátoka (Sunny Bay) also designates the nearby cottage settlement and a signpost on the yellow hiking trail. Each year the Sdružení přátel Jaroslava Foglara holds a meeting here for several hundred Foglar fans around his birthday.
The meadow lies on the left bank at river kilometre 132, about 2.5 km southeast of Ledeč nad Sázavou; the nearest train stop is Vilémovice on line 212, on the opposite right bank. A yellow-marked hiking trail passes a signpost of the same name. The site is a scout camp, so the meadow may be occupied by campers.
The meadow at Sluneční zátoka was the model for the ideal camp in Jaroslav Foglar's 1937 book Hoši od Bobří řeky. A monument to Foglar was unveiled here on 5 July 1997, the eve of his 90th birthday, at his last visit to the site.
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