Muline south (Uvala Juzna Luka) is another very pretty cove. The bottom shelves quite gradually and with a sandy bottom, is great for swimming. The head of the bay was still roped off as a swimming area, but there are very few people around now. By the time we had eaten breakfast, the other three boats had gone.
We launched the tender, rowed ashore and tied up on a rock. We walked along a pretty track, through to the village on the other side of the headland. There were not many people around here either; just a couple of fishermen, working on a boat. Next to the sea front are Roman remains of a large olive oil mill, from the first century.
Uglian is the island of olive monoculture. Here the “Muline Press” was invented. The mill remained in operational use until the fifth century. In Muline, they used a method of storing the olives in the sea, until they were ready to process them. This protected the olives from rotting and decay, but also represented a new method of olive oil production. The new olive oil had a better taste and it became the most valued olive oil of the Roman Empire, under the name Oleum Liburnicum, because of it’s unique high quality.
Armed with bread from the superbly well stocked village shop, we headed back to the boat and by lunchtime were leaving the bay on our way back to the Telascica Nature Reserve, at the south end of Dugi Otuk. We had decided on staying in a different bay to the one we had visited before, in Telascica. It’s not quite as pretty, because there are few trees on the surrounding hills, but we were the only boat to stop here for the night.
After darkness had fallen, the only sound was of the crickets. The only light was from the stars. Once the fishing boats in sight had gone, there was no sign of human habitation.
Miles Today - 16
Miles 2022 – 1463
Tricia (and Steve)
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