Still
raining gently, although the river banks are covered with bottles and
plastic there were 5 guys fly fishing with very expensive rods. I
think one may have caught a fish.
Instead
of driving directly to Kavadarci and a winery we decided to do a loop
on yellow. A wrong turn at road works and we sent 8km going the wrong way on a brand new freeway.
We
visited a fort in Shtip at the top of a skinny road with switchbacks too tight for an earth cruiser.
The steps up at the grave stones of boys(20yr old) killed in the 2nd world war
A
quick tour of one way roads to buy some fruit and out again
In
Kabadarci we had a tasting at Tikvesh winery, or rather in their
restaurant. No time for tour though. The guard escorted us to the
restaurant and down 2 flights of stairs and past a lot of large oak
casks.
The
tasting was of 5 wines 30ml each glass for about AU$10. At host described the wines and quickly showed us the bottles. The wines were all well made, 2 whites, a good rose, and elegant vranec merlot blend, and a ponderous vranec. Similar to the State owned winery in Modolva, the sales of wine were hidden out near the front gate. Purchased the vranec merlot blend for AU$5 per bottle and a rakia for AU$8.
Then
off for another late camp. It had been raining on and off for most of
the day and when we got onto small dirt roads we backed out. Finally
got something just off a corner by an unlived in house. The hydroelectic lake
Brushani was very low.158km