.... Another day in the sun....

Trip mileage 1634 miles....

Talk about having wind ..... That was a very unpleasant night - quite hot but laying in the tent while the wind tried the tear it to pieces is not the makings of a restful night - tip: get a geodetic (sic) tent......

Up early this morning and on the road for 7am. A long and hot ride to split and Dubrovnik. Met with a very nice Dutch couple whilst having a break in a layby... The english don't chat or wave..... Had breakfast (yogurt and fruit) then rode on for another 4 hours. Through the border check into Bosnia and then 5km later back into Croatia - it's a mad world....

Another scary moment today - at one point they were repairing the road for a 2 miles stretch.... Up with the tarmac and down with BIG GRAVEL about 3 inches deep and not compacted - shit I thought as I nearly lost the front end on 3 or 4 occasions - standing on the pegs and gunning it was not an option......

The site at Dubrovnik is good and I have found a spot out of the wind - of course it's now too hot!!!!! I popped down the road to the local cafe for coffee and charge up the laptop. Looking to head back up the coast tomorrow on a more inland road.... The coast road in very pretty but mostly 50 and 60kph with lots of no overtaking for Johnny Foreigner - locals apparently can ignore those signs !!!!!

I have done the doby and now just waiting for the sun to go down a little before cooking supper.

Back to the maps - I will to re-route through Italy then into France - mind you it's over a days ride to Trieste from here..... Must visit town get some pictures of the old town from on high........