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Continue reading →: Crno Jezero – Black LakeAfter the unseasonably warm and dry spell, the foreboding forecasts came to pass as winter duly announced itself overnight. There had been some sleety rain in the early hours that had frozen by first light, and the temperature didn’t get above 3C all morning. After an indulgent weekend of 8…
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Continue reading →: Eco Farm Katun, Durmitor National ParkFriday 13th October From my bed I can see the outdoor temperature monitor at first light, this morning at 2C, and watch as it creeps up at first, then as the sun rises the climb gains more momentum. Within ten minutes of watching it it had risen to double figures.…
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Continue reading →: Etno Selo Katun, Žabljak, Montenegro – Durmitor National ParkThursday 12th October My original plan was to head across the border into Montenegro after the weekend, on Monday, but I’ve an eye on the weather forecast. This spell of hot and dry weather is unusual for the time of the year here, and is forecast to break on Monday,…
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Continue reading →: Sutjeska National Park
Tuesday 10th October Driving through the towns and villages of Bosnia, as I did today between National Parks, it is impossible not to be reminded of the war, and will be for many yes to come. There are many shelled buildings, now just ruins. There are also abandoned houses, whose…
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Continue reading →: Old corrals and a resilient treesBosnia and Herzegovina remain an unpopular choice for visitors from the rest of Europe. I have watched a steady stream of traffic slowly wobble past on their way for weekend lunch in nearby Lukomir, 99% of them are Bosnian, and I’ve seen only one other campervan, and yet a…
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Continue reading →: Bjelašnica plateau – a day in pictures
A cold start, but it warms up very quickly, low minus 7 overnight. But quite a splendid day for what turned out to be a memorable hike. The van, a distant spot below. I didn’t expect to find any water at all, but Roja sniffed it out.. Once up…
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Continue reading →: Lukomir and the Bjelašnica plateauI’m already looking back at Masna Luka and thinking I should have spent more time there. Hiking is the main reason, and to do anything decent requires several hours, and quite a bit of climbing, which I’m not up to at the moment. I settled for 90 minutes out…
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Continue reading →: Masna LukaI’ve not long finished reading my second of the Booker shortlist, and that may well be it. My first, Sarah Bernstein’s Study for Obedience, was a 5 out of 10, with a good first half, but her style of writing didn’t really appeal. The one I’ve just finished, Paul…
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Continue reading →: Martin Brod, Una National Park, Bosnia & HerzegovinaI entered Bosnia from Croatia across the same border I had exited from 5 years ago by bike. Once over the border, which involves the stamping of the passport, as it is exiting Schengen, the town of Bihać is just a few kilometres away. I remembered it well. I…
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Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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