4 May 2022 Up early. Oats for breakfast and we are away. 55 km today and no real hills. We are on the EV8 for most of the journey. Biograd na Moru is a coastal village about halfway to Zadar. A good stopover. I am confused as to why today’s ride is scheduled for 4h…
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Day 143 – Šibenik
3 May 2022 We get an early start. Long ride today, over 60 km. Not much elevation, we hug the coast for the most part. Šibenik was not really on our list of places to visit, but some research indicates it is a nice spot. Can you see so much stunning coastline that it becomes…
Day 141 & 142 – Omiš
1 – 2 May 2022 Omiš deserves its own post. I had every intention of making the usual daily post. I got caught up in a book. Could not put it down. By the time I finished, it was too late to post. Requiem for a Dream is excellent. Hubert Selby Jr writes in similar…
Day 140 – Zagvozd
30 April 2022 Happy birthday, Nan. Just a quick note for today. We are camping and I forgot to charge the laptop. A very short ride, only 16 km. There were some tough hills today. Shell was back in form, making quick work of them. On the way to the campsite there is a man…
Day 139 – Lazy Days
29 April 2022 Sleep in. Late breakfast. Much cooking is planned today. First, we have a few things to see around Imotski. There is Blue Lake and the football stadium. It seems strange the stadium is worth seeing. The butcher shuts at 12.00 pm each day. We grab some rump steaks for lunch and a…
Day 138 – Imotski
28 April 2022 We shorten our ride today. We need to detour to get some kuna before we hit the campsite and both of us need a short ride after yesterday. Especially Shell. She is definitely not one hundred percent. We set a 20 km ride to Imotski, just over the border in Croatia. It…
Day 137 – Grude
27 April 2022 We have just over 50 km today. Two climbs. One at the start of the day. One to finish. We say goodbye to our host in Mostar. His name is Denis. He is a fit guy, looks like he lifts. When we first arrived he said he is out fo shape. He…
Day 136 – Mostar with sunshine
26 April 2022 Up early for the 7.15 am train to Mostar. I like Sarajevo. It is beautiful. It has a similar sadness to Cambodia. Something terrible has happened. The place has healed, on the surface. If you pick the scab the wound will bleed. Consider that Orthodox Serbs live side by side with Muslim…
Day 132 to 135 – Rest in Sarajevo
22 – 25 April 2022 22 April 2022 The rain has set in. We have the day off riding. We stroll around Mostar. It is a cool little village. A little tourist orientated for my liking. We grab a Bosnian coffee and pay too much. Lunch in Old Town and talk about the weather. Rain…