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After 1721 miles and a very leisurely 15-day journey making my way all along the D8 coastal road, I arrived in Dubrovnik on Thursday 6th!! 🙂

Pic of me overlooking the ~2km fort wall in this post…Man, I look naked without my bike! 🙂

A mixture of feelings: excitement, enjoyment, no overly sense of accomplishment (as it’s not a ‘Round-The-World’ trip) but definitely satisfaction. Loving the sunshine. Not loving the huge influx of tourists in the mornings ;). It’s been about a year since I wanted to so this trip on a bike and about 2 years since I wanted to visit Croatia.

The bike, getting my license aged 31, impending adventures and what this blog has been realigned for, has and still remains one of the best decisions I ever made. If I sit back and look at it, I’ve visited 5 or 6 major towns and cities of Croatia in what must’ve been a space of 10 days. …I’m not sure I would’ve had the same flexibility & cost efficiency if I were to have caught the trains (judging by the length of some of the journeys). As well as, the flexibility on being able to move on when I want.

There have been some classic bad moves and ‘lessons learnt’ made on the way. I’ve met some interesting people including a chance meeting with accomplished pianist, Ksenia Kogan in Rijeka! Sadly, no picture, but happy to recount it in full when I arrive home (and not tapping posts on an iPhone) 😉

For now, I may take some time away from the blog. I’m definitely thinking about posting my trip on the way back to the UK. When I’m back, I can’t wait to review and share the helmet cam footage, D-SLR and iPhone pics 🙂

Thank you to all who have followed over the past few days! Your support means a lot to me!