Monthly Archives: June 2012

Waterfalling

Posted on June 26, 2012 by EllieGee

A bit further up the coast from Trogir, you come to the city of Šibenik and inland from here, the Krka National Park famed for its wondrous waterfalls. As usual now, we did a recce to check out campsites and … Continue reading →

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Let’s Split

Posted on June 25, 2012 by AdrianC

There’s one golden rule for this trip, it seems – every presumption and supposition you make will instantly be proven utterly wrong. And so it was when we got to Split’s campsite. All last summer, everybody had been friendly, but … Continue reading →

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One of the best so Hvar

Posted on June 19, 2012 by EllieGee

The queue for the ferry to the island of Hvar found the van parked next to an icecream café, a good way to while away the minutes to departure. As we boarded the boat though, there was a last minute … Continue reading →

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Colourboration – going round in circles

Posted on June 16, 2012 by EllieGee

This time Lynne at Dovegreyreader and I decided on a circles theme for our ‘Colourboration’. I thought I’d be able to spot lots of circle patterns, but it was the individual circles that stood out while we were exploring the … Continue reading →

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Out on a limb

Posted on June 15, 2012 by AdrianC

Before leaving Dubrovnik, we’d managed to knock off the elusive items from our shopping list – and the tyre pump was most certainly needed, since we’ve managed to pick up a lively slow puncture on one front tyre. Sod’s law, … Continue reading →

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Oleander time on the Dalmatian Coast

Posted on June 6, 2012 by EllieGee

And so finally, only around seven months later than in our original vague plans, we have reached Croatia. As it was late afternoon when we crossed the border, we went straight to Molunat, only a few kilometres up the coast. … Continue reading →

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Gorges galore

Posted on June 4, 2012 by AdrianC

Before leaving Durmitor, we headed to the Ćurevac lookout point, high above the Tara canyon. A footpath took us along the ridge, to a vast stone outcrop from which we could watch the river, far far below, meandering down the … Continue reading →

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