Porec and leaving Istria

Departing from Slovenia on Sunday 16th September, our first stop Porec, about half way down the Istrian Peninusular, where we checked back into Croatia. We chose to pick up a buoy so that we could all swim in the afternoon sun and then at 6pm we inflated the dingy and went ashore. It was another beautiful Venetian town with narrow streets, beautiful old church, shining cobbles that had been trodden for centuries, but with plenty of tourist shops, cafes and bars. It has been getting cooler in the evenings, so we hurried a quick drink in a bar atop one of the old towers, picked up some take away pizzas and then timed our journey back to the boat hoping to enjoy them hot. It took 19 minutes pizza oven to plate, not bad and very delicious they were!

Monday was to be Sue and Dick’s last full day and it dawned sunny and warm. We sailed south with the cruising chute, past Pula to Veruda where we tied up in the Marina there.

Sue and Dick departed on Tuesday 18^th in a taxi heading for Pula town so they could see the sights there before flying Pula to Stansted and then driving all the way back to Pembrokeshire. Forseeing another breakdown in the weather in the North Adriatic, we slipped lines same day and sailed, again with the cruising chute, down towards Mali Losinj where we planned to weather out the next Bora. We overnighted in the most peaceful anchorage on the island of Unije, woke to heavy cloud and increasing winds, so headed for the security of Mali Losinj town.

Here we are now safely tied up, catching up on the chores of cleaning and washing, waiting for the rain to stop, the winds to moderate before we continue on our journey back towards our home port of Sukosan.