So, having cleaned a few splattered carcasses of the bedroom wall, we had a bit of brekkie and ambled out onto route 8 towards Split. The next two and a half hours were bloody awful. Strong gusting winds, road works, very heavy traffic that jammed up around Split, grey weather. Not a great time to be on a motorcycle. One to forget!
It didn't help missing the turn up (twice) to join the motorway, which meant another half hour of torture on the coast road before we found another route and entry to the A1 mway south to Dubrovnik.
Carrying some speed helped stabilise the bike in the gusting wind (well that's my excuse) & we made good progress at last. This last stretch of mway down towards the Bosnia Herzegovina border was only finished 3 years ago. Some impressive engineering & fab views.
We hit another Thunder storm just as we got off the motorway. Fortunately it only lasted 10 minutes or so, but by then we were soaked again.
The run down the coast was good. Light traffic & some great views. We crossed through Bosnia/ Herzegovina at Nuem; a 5 mile section of that country that comes to the coast, which annexes the southern tip of Croatia.
Then the final run down the coast to our destination for the next 6 nights at Zaton, about 7km short of Dubrovnik.
The Apartments Njiric.
Another good sized apt with a nice little balcony & sea view.
We chilled out for about 3 hours, waiting out another big thunder storm, then headed down to the waterside & into the village to check out one of the restaurants.
Very windy still!
Had some lovely food at the Vala restaurant; memorable due to the good food & the power cuts! Then it was time to head back.
Looking forward to a few days without any travel pressures 😀☀️😎
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