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John ventured out in the morning to replace our drinking water filter and before too long the local farmer was down for a chat (with his minimal English and Johns total lack of Serbian). The two of them headed out to a field to investigate the small mounds of earth that we had been wondering about. The farmer watched on with obvious amusement as John dug up one of the mounds to find no burrow beneath. Apparently the industrious little animals construct the mounds then scurry of somewhere else to sleep.
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We were treated to a thorough and enthusiastic tour of two local farms
and were most interested to see the half dozen milking cows in their
stalls, each with a dedicated drinking fountain. Dragana was a pretty
creative chap - having fabricated a tool to rewind burnt our electric
motors. We were also proudly shown the tiny local wooden Orthodox
Christian Church.
It was midday by the time we bid farewell to our new Serbian friends and departed with fresh milk, eggs and
preserved chilies
Headed
for the castle fort at Goublac and the Danube. Most of it was on
Orange road and although not much traffic was still quite slow as it
had an uneven surface and lots of villages.
The
decision was made to push through to the castle and if a camp was not
available we could park in the forts car-park over night.
Just
before arriving at the fort we noticed a car parked to the side under
the cliff on a track. The forts car-park was well lit and locked. End
of that idea. Back to the cliff face and the other parked car, which
happened to be 3 fishermen who had a 3 hour drive ahead of them after
a 3 hour fishing expedition with no fish.
It
was just light enough for John to take some camp photos. We assume it
will be foggy in the morning.
137km