I was awake about 6.0am. I have no idea why, but dawn was just breaking. There was an autumnal nip in the air, but, as soon as the sun had risen above the hill it started to feel warm very quickly. There was no sound except the lapping of the water against the rocks. Everywhere within sight was completely at peace.
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| The "back garden" this morning |
Our plan was to take the dinghy a mile or so further into the bay of Telascica and then take a 45 minute walk to Sali, a town on the other side of the peninsula and the main settlement on Dugi Otuk (Long Island).
The dinghy engine hasn’t been running consistently, but we haven’t used it a great deal this year and we suspect the problem is due to old fuel. This was a great opportunity to give it a fairly long run. We had to go slowly but the engine kept going for us and having tied up at a small quay, we set of on the gravel footpath signposted to Sali. It was absolutely delightful to walk away from the road, not that there is much traffic. As we climbed the hill, we had specular views of the bay below. As we approached the town, we headed down towards a small harbour, where fishermen were repairing their boats, and then along a coastal footpath overlooking other islands, the mainland and the Velebit mountains behind.
The houses of Sali, some which date back to the 17th century, cluster around the U-shaped harbour. There is work going on the extend one side of harbour, with a barge and machinery putting in new piles. It had the feel of a place already shut down for winter. Most of the restaurants were closed. Only small coffee shops, a bakery and the supermarket were open. There were very few boats moored in the outer harbour. I suspect it’s heaving here in summer, so it was great to feel we almost had the place almost to ourselves.
We were entertained by a charter boat that made a really easy parking manoeuvre look very difficult, then, having refuelled ourselves with some pastries from the bakery, we set off back. This time we passed four people walking in the other direction. We hadn’t seen another soul on the way in.
We had walked just over 17000 steps and climbed 50 floors, according the Steve’s phone. The dinghy engine now ran much more comfortably, so obviously, giving it a good distance to go was helping.
There are only a handful of boats moored within sight and none close to us, so, as darkness fell, there was complete quiet again.
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Tricia (and Steve)
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