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Spies are everwhere!

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A boat trip from Perast on a stunning day, we landed at this place for a look at an ancient Church, where a chap in dark glasses and regular features bade us “Bonjour”. First time I’ve ever been mistaken for a Frenchman. We spoke some French to him and he was friendly and informative telling us that Montenegro owes much to this chap above. His statue here just placed outside the church. We asked what he did and he told us that he’d been in the Montenegran Secret Service. So you go on holiday and bump into a spy! In this … Continue reading Spies are everwhere!

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We’ll be popping up the hill!

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Our walk on this day involved driving up and up until we reached a starting spot for the walk. Our aim was to get to the Summit and see the Mausoleum. There was the added incentive of a Restaurant on the top, where we were to have a ‘spot of luncheon’ as we say. The area had suffered forest fires recently giving an unusual aspect to the landscape with blackened tree stumps and the undergrowth regenerating on the ground. “VB” Tony was, as usual in the lead with our leaders: Misa and Stefan. I was normally at the back of the … Continue reading We’ll be popping up the hill!

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What happens to a head waiter in the rain?

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It’s day 4 or thereabouts and time for a hotel lunch in the south of Montenegro. We were getting to know our walking comrades much better: Very British Tony and the lovely Primrose. Anyone who wears a cravat and gilet on a walking holiday is unlikely to be a “Corbynista”. We’d outlined ‘rules of engagement’ between ourselves, they likely being of the right and we being of the left any talk of religion or politics were put on holiday. We got on famously. We’d arrived at Perast on the coast at the hotel where we were to have lunch outdoors … Continue reading What happens to a head waiter in the rain?

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Wrecks, I love them, and so does the cat.

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It’s day 3 in Montenegro and we set off up the hills. Then up a bit more. Then even more. On the way, we come across this wreck, which is of absolutely no interest to anyone in the group. Snow on the mountains in the background. I just love wrecked cars and this one was a gem for me. I’d have stayed longer but would have made myself unpopular with my new found friends and the leaders taking us to what is the second deepest canyon in the world after the Grand Canyon. It’s a long picturesque walk and with … Continue reading Wrecks, I love them, and so does the cat.

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Frog lake

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Our first day out walking and we were in the North of Montenegro walking around a large lake where Tito had organized the partisans in the last war. I make that sound simple but it certainly was not. The terrain around here is large high mountains and it is still very much undisturbed nature. Lunch started and so did the rain. We’d found a spot near the side of the lake ( or to be more accurate our guides had ) and unknown to us they had brought enough stores to feed a small army of partisans. Cheese, wine, bread, … Continue reading Frog lake

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The dream and the reality…

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I’m not over fond of flying and doing so on an empty stomach is probably recommended. Especially if you have to be at the airport at 4-00 in the morning. Here we were on the plane ready to take off for Dubrovnik eagerly anticipating our walking holiday in Montenegro. The bacon sandwich looked tempting in the photograph in Tui’s Menu on the plane. (Tui used to be Thompson’s or was it Thomson’s…I suspect that so many people got it wrong that they had a competition to find the shortest domain name for this digital age ). They chose something so bland … Continue reading The dream and the reality…