We didn't stop at Rijeka, just passed through (thank goodness as it's a dump), just used it as a blog location to get our route line on the map going the right way before turning south. Great weather from Pula to Moscenicka Draga, but from 2.30 pm when we arrived to 3.30pm the temperature seemed to plummet. Most of the apartments we are booking are summer destinations and the heating is inadequate to warm them well, so we are streaming films whilst wrapped up in ...

I forgot to mention that when we reached Koper (our 3rd and final visit to Slovenia on this tour) Donna was convinced we were in the wrong place for the digs we booked as we went down a dodgy looking alley, but Gary the Garmins directions were correct. We were met by the apartment owner and his parents. They didn't live there or near but were all sitting inside awaiting our arrival. They showed us a wall outside where we could leave Titty and advised we locked he...

Even though the map on our blog shows us going across the sea to Koper we actually pedalled around the coast (back the way we came from Trieste). I try to avoid blogging a blow to blow account of our days pedalling, I've read too many of these in cycle mags and they can get a bit tedious. I will however make an exception for the last two days! We decided as it is pretty flat back to Trieste we would push the distance a bit. We took the 9.00am ferry from the Lido ...

A ride along the coast from Miramare under a clear blue sky, heading for Venice. A one night stop en-route at Latisana. Boy what a one horse, nothing happening place that is. Bicycles are not allowed in Venice so we headed for Punta Sabbioni on the headland that forms part of the Venice lagoon. We expected to see Venice across the lagoon as we neared our destination. The weather had other ideas, we rode in fog all day which just got thicker and thicker the furthe...

Overshoes on, waterproof trousers on, waterproof coat on. Yes, another wet start. We don't like cycling in / out of cities as the traffic is normally shocking and the roads frightening, fortunately there are good cycle paths leading all the way out of Ljubljana. Back to looking for bus shelters for somewhere dry to sit and eat. The rain dried up, but the road then went up as well. Arrived at Postonja in plenty of time for the last cave tour of the day. Even thoug...