SI:
Skozi svojo zgodovino se je rudnik soočal z mnogimi tehničnimi, pa tudi precej vsakdanjimi problemi. Eden izmed njih je bil kako v času, ko še ni bilo ur ali budilk, vsako jutro poklicati rudarje na delo. Enostavna, a zelo uporabna rešitev je bila "kljukanje na šino".
To ni bilo nič drugega kot zvonjenje na velik, izdolben kos lesa (na sliki je rekonstrukcija iz mestnega muzeja). Hrup, ki je pri tem nastal se je odbijal od sten idrijske kotline, se krepil in na koncu zbudil rudarje. Na obrobju mesta, nasproti največjega lesenega vodnega kolesa - Kamšti, pa se je nahajala mala dolinica, v katero se je zvok zaradi oblike reliefa slabo odbijal in rudarji iz te dolinice so bili znani po temu, da so občasno zaspali na "šiht". S časom se je dolinice oprijelo ime Zaspana grapa.
Danes je večina hiš že obnovljenih, kljub temu pa obiskovalec še vedno lahko vidi, kako so ljudje izkoristili vsak kolikor toliko ploščat prostor idrijske kotline. Zame pa je obisk Zaspane grape še toliko bolj zanimiv zaradi bliskovitega prehoda iz lepo urejene mestne ulice v divjino narave. Prav na dan, ko sem postavil ta geocache, se je v bližini skrivala srna, in zbežala šele, ko sem se ji v gostem podrastju približal na manj kot pet metrov. Z malo sreče boste tudi vi ob obisku tegale zaklada doživeli podobno prijetno srečanje.
EN:
Throughout its history Idria's mine had to solve various problems and difficulties. Some were technically challenging, the others quite mundane. One of the latter was the simple problem of waking the miners up every morning in the times when there were no clocks, let alone alarms.
A simple, yet very functional solution was using a sort of hollowed wooden rail as a bell (on the image you can see the reconstruction from the municipal museum). The bowl-shaped basin of Idrija reflected and strengthened the noise, until all of the miners were woken up. Although, at least on some days, I should say most of the miners. The position and shape of a small valley at the edge of town, right across the river from the largest wooden water wheel - Kamšt - was such that very little noise from the town centre reached the houses, causing the occasional miner to sleep through the wake up call. In time people started calling the place "Zaspana grapa" or "the Sleepy Valley"
While today most of the houses have been renovated, a visitor can still see how the people of Idrija tried to use every part of flat terrain available. But more than that, for me a visit to the Sleepy Valley is fascinating for the instantaneous transition from a well kept town street to a place of wilderness. Just on the day I set up this geocache, there was a deer hiding in the undergrowth and it started running away only when I approached it to less than five meters. Who knows, with a bit of luck you might have a similar pleasant experience.