Week 7 – Croatia & Disaster

Monday 6th to Sunday 12th May

Mon 6th – Primosten – 200k

It’s looking like a very pleasant day as we head directly west, on our way to delightful Primošten just west of Split.
There wasn’t a whole lot in the day as far as stops went but the company was wonderful. We lobbed into Primošten in the early afternoon and had a well deserved nap – we’re not getting any younger!

Primošten is truly a lovely place (although it does have a dark past). At this time of the year it is quiet and peaceful with few tourists, but I’d think it would be very popular during the silly season.

The view from our budget apartment

We very much liked Primošten and were glad of the 4 night break that we had here.

Fri 10th – A Broken BMW

Today was to be the end of the line for our BMW F900XR. We’d found out on Monday that it has a blown head gasket evidenced by water in the oil and overheating.
This is incredibly disappointing.
I’m very sure that this is the result of a faulty warranty job in Melbourne last year when a water pump gasket required changing and the water pump had been re-installed incorrectly resulting in bent valves and a major head repair. Obviously it hasn’t been done right but that’s a fight I’ll engage when we get the bike home.

But as my wife says, I thrive on challenges. So new plans to achieve the original plan.
Tuesday 14th we catch the ferry to Ancona where a bloke with a trailer will meet us and for no small fee will transport the bike to Felixstowe where it’ll wait in all its pathetic shame to be shipped home mid July.

So what will we do?
I’ve looked at hiring a bike but that’s proven non feasible, so we’ll buy a couple of backpacks and carry on!

You’ll have to tune in next week won’t you??