Gwilym's Adventure Blog

A very interesting day involving some challenging riding through Montengro and having to bribe a Bosnian border official due to "irregularities" with my documents. The Durmitor National Park is amazing and I will update this with some links once I get some faster wifi. The roads and views were worth travelling for and I would consider visiting again in winter for some skiing. Now at a very windy campsite in Bosnia where the owner laughed at my tent pegs and gave me a hammer and long nails to use. I had a nice swim in the cold but clear river only metres from my tent. Great to meet 3 British cyclists who are riding home from Athens and to go and have a meal together and share our experience. They are off super early but I have a short day tomorrow to get to the Croatian coast so may have a lie in until 7am.

Well, today did not go quite as planned. I was all up for an early start with tent down and bike packed by 6.30am. Unfortunately I hadn't seen the notice saying gates open at 8am. Oh well.  So after claiming my free coffee at 8.01 I was wheels rolling by 8.07 on way. Border with Albania,. Easy. €15 for insurance all under 15 mins and on way to my target campsite, high up in mountains near the Kosovo border. I assume there would be a breeze up high. Wrong! It was 35 degrees and I was sweating.   Arrived at the campsite for 2.30pm. Bargain. What! Closed until July. Bugger! Google said next nearest was 68km in the wrong direction (that is about 90mins on those roads).  As only 20min from Kosovo I thought I would carry on and take first campsite there. This was only €10 for insurance and a little longer at nearly 20mins to get sorted.  Through the border, fill up bike and grab a fizzy drink. Use free wifi and ask loca...