Woke to -9℃ on the gauge. The sun rose without
being shy and hiding behind clouds, a beautiful day. First real sun
in weeks!! although we did had a few hours yesterday. Spoke
to Muff and Puff in Melbourne they are off on their trip to Africa
and a cruise back on QEII.
We made an easy boarder crossing from Montenegro back into Bosnia and John
drove us into Trebinje where we had a look at the Perovica Bridge. It
was built in the 15 century and was moved in the 1980’s when the hydroelectric dam
was put in. Stone by stone. When we got back to EC we realized that
the solar panels were pumping some power in maybe today we can start equalizing the batteries.
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then navigated up the hill to the Serbian Orthodox Monastary, only 20 years old but
the fresco’s are already peeling.
Then
we sat a little ways down the hill with the nose down and the solar panels aimed at the sun. We sat there for over an hour and had one
hour at 16v so hopefully some good.Next to the supermarket to spend our remaining Bosnian money. I found an enamel pot with no handles that will fill the camp oven. Have been looking for a while now… Spent all but a few Marks.
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drove us towards Croatia and John picked a superb camp on an old
road, looking over Croatia and the Adriatic sea.
It
was only 14:30 so we left all electrics off to put a higher voltage into the batteries although didn’t get to 16v as the sun was low in the sky.
The rubber parts that had been
soaking in silicon spray in a sealed bag seem to be more flexible. They
initially got very soft and were a concern but have become less soft
maybe the propellant heated them??
We put the water pump back together and cannot blow back thru the pump, so that is a definite improvement. All of the plumbing is frozen so could not check the pump with water - maybe tomorrow.
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put the two new bulbs in the number plate light.
When
we got inside I just had to check the new pan would work so the result a chocolate cake that
looks pretty good for first try.
75km