Nick starts the engine at 10:00 to leave, but almost before the brake is off a man in a staff tee shirt appears for another semaphore lesson. A few nods to let him think he's helping and we're out. We park in the motorhome parking and trundle down to the port. Outside the old gates is a market selling everything from phone covers to fruit and veg and the generic 'genuine Rovinj' souvenir straight out of a container from China. Inside it is quiet, with narrow ...

Beautiful, warm morning. We say goodbye to Viv and Jan and set off for another agri-tourism place near the old port of Rovinj. On the way we must pass Limski Canal, described in books as 'fjord-like', and they're not wrong. The road is a busy, two-way but very narrow with a lumpy rock face on our nearside and a strip of 'Armco-into-space on the other. The steep descent and sharp curves are limited to 25mph and the narrowness means nearly every car passes by...

It's so refreshing to wake to the sounds of the countryside after weeks on sites. Beside us is a large meadow with wild flowers, butterflies and swallows. Later in the morning we drive to Porec to find a Lidl or Plodine. N+G follow on the bike. After shopping we head into Porec centre but the motorhome parking is a bit far from the old town so we return to Jadruhi while N+G go to see the town. This location is so lovely so we have a snack for lunch th...

The cyclists have left before we are up but the road opposite the site is busy with a flea-market/boot-sale. From bad first impressions this site has been a good stopover after all. We check out and squeeze through the randomly parked market cars with Nick W whistling the Steptoe theme over the radio. The route climbs away from Opatija and the coast and soon we are entering the dense woodland of the mountains. After days of blue sea and grey rocks the green...

The weather is warm and sunny again as we get packed up and leave around 12:30 As we ae filling with water Ali chats to an Italian camper who is scrubbing his truffles and waxing lyrical about their taste. We really must try some sometime. We get fuel just outside the site entrance and head towards Rijeka. The D8 carries on along the coast but as we head north the rock changes from grey to ginger. After lunch the clouds build and traffic gets busier. We...