Cycling Bosnia ⛰️ Steep Climbs, Rocky Descents to Krupa Waterfall

Day 214. 51km (91,106kms 8yrs)

After a drizzly but lazily enjoyable rest day, we set off together along the lake with the intention of travelling about 50kms to another famous waterfall.

At first the path was lovely; through quaint villages with cheerful locals. In Mrkonjić Grad a golden domed Orthodox Church stopped us in our tracks but a very grumpy woman made us feel quite unwelcome. She don’t like where I’d put my bike; on the grass leaned against the back of a bench (Despite no signage against being on the grass) I put leggings on before entering the church so as to cover my knees but it seemed whatever I tried to do she was angry with me. The church interior was lovely though; I do enjoy orthodox churches, though my experience of the custodians is often quite negative.

From the town we began a climb that lasted on and off for the better part of the afternoon in short sharp bursts. It must’ve exceeded 10 or 12% in places so was very tough going. Tougher still was the descent though, when the unsealed road deteriorated into a barely navigable track so steep that I had to walk the bike down a good couple of kilometres of it. Olivier meanwhile with his wider tyres and motocross experience seemed unbothered by the loose rocks on a 10%+ gradient. All the while I got grumpier and grumpier as time slipped away and with it my anticipated afternoon of cold beers beside the waterfall. At last we returned to the bitumen and made it down the final steep sealed stretch, grabbed a 2ltr bottle of beer and continued the final kilometre to the gorgeous Krupa Falls. A little wooden bridge with steep steps was the final obstacle between me and a cold beer, but at last we’d found a good shelter to camp, and benches from which to enjoy dinner beside the cascades.

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