Cemetery Camp 🪦 to Our Own River Beach | Bike Tour Bosnia

Days 216-217. 58km (91,198kms 8yrs)

Fortunately we were up and having coffee when the gardeners arrived to finish the strimming at the cemetery. They weren’t thrilled that we were there, but tolerated us when we indicated we were packing up and moving on. Since I was carrying out other peoples rubbish – including someone’s empty beer cans placed on tombs! – my conscience was clear. I even found an unopened can for my trouble!

Once again we began the day with a climb, though we are out of the mountains and just in the foothills now. When it came time to descend again the bitumen turned to dirt road which in turn became another rough track – despite selecting ‘no unsealed roads’ on the navigation. And so, after a quick snack break and powerbank recharge at a friendly bar, we stayed on the main road into Prnjavor. Here we did our respective internet things, Oliver searching out a good camp for a couple of nights, while I uploaded and published a vlog.

After stocking up at the supermarket for two nights we continued on another dozen or so kilometres through the countryside past little homesteads each with a few pigs or cows, to where the road, passing through one final farm, stopped at a stream.

With a large grassy area next to a pebble beach it was a gorgeous spot for a couple of nights. Complete with a fireplace we could rinse off in the river, and get warm again beside a campfire. The following day I changed my rear brake pads which Bosnian hills had seen off, and otherwise lazed in the sun only moving when the shade caught up with me.

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Here we have the leap of Here we have the Paliviches. And the gardeners have arrived surprisingly early strimming the lawn. So better get packed down, get going. The garden is tended, but the house looks incomplete. Are they ready? I selected no unsealed roads on the navigation and yet here we are again. Oh, I thought you’d lost something. Bloody hell. Thank you. Yeah. There are like a lot of natural fiber from whatever weed or or corn or you know this stuff. Yeah. Yeah. And they would be like on the on the right side covered by mud. See this mud that is cracking all over. Yeah. So this is really uh the old side. Not again. Once again I’m reduced to hiking. Quite looking forward to flat hungry at this point. At least I’ll be able to ride. Look at this. Remember, no unsealed roads. This part of Bosnia sponsored by Russia. Oh, it’s not. Okay. Brand new. The unglamorous side of bike touring nobody tells you about. I’m waiting outside the betting shop on their Wi-Fi while my vlog uploads. Oliver is making sure he doesn’t lose his Dolingo streak and finding us hopefully a nice campsite for a couple nights. You know, we piggies. A lot of the little houses here have a few pigs or a few cows. [Applause] Oh, please come over then. Is it safe? The beer’s in the fridge. Nice campsite for a couple of nights. All been well. Plier that straight almost. You just have to wiggle these bits out. Just Yeah, you can see that’s just on the metal there. Have to push the pistons back to new brake pads, which hopefully will fit in. Now, squeeze them back this way. Yes, I’ve had a little bath in the river, which is cold enough to keep the bears in.