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A wee run along the river in Ljubljana...
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After our battle with German traffic a day off the bike was in order; abit of culture in Ljubljana castle..actually very interesting and worth the trip.
Slovenian history is very complex and much of it's big changes relatively recent.
A river trip was good fun and a sighting of a beaver was a bonus....actually you can see them on the Tay if you can't be arsed with German traffic.

Next day back on the bike for a trip to Piran...not even close Neil...
A beautiful old port on the Adriatic. Lots of sightings of beaver here as well...sadly much of it should have stayed under cover.
Very popular and busy...you are supposed to park and ride to ease congestion, but the geezer waved us round the barrier and we found bike parking no bother.
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Prior to arriving at Piran we had stopped for a wee donder along a crowded beach. Most of Slovenia decamps to the hills or beaches at weekends in good weather....it was now 34 degrees so the place was stowed out. A swift ride back for cooling beer was in order.
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A wee run along the river in Ljubljana...
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I see you managed to get the triple bridge in the photo Gerard:thumb - we just left Ljubljana 10 days ago, nice city.

Cheers.................Grizzly:beerjug:
 
Good one Gerard :thumb

Good one for breathing in so long for the photo to be taken :D

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Another fine day in Slovenia saw us ride to the Postojna cave system.
Stunningly awesome huge cave syatem that we only get to see a small part of.
We parked up in a free bit of the car park....the Slovenes go out of their way to accomodate free bike parking more or less everywhere....and toured in...on a wee train.
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Then a hike through the most stunning set of tunnels and caverns I have ever seen...
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Quite a long hike, and some ups and downs, but nothing for an athlete like myself.
There is a beast that lives here and nowhere else.
It is blind, has sex every ten years into its 90's, and lives to be a 100.

They call this one Micky..
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Original folklore was that they were baby dragons, they are now recognised as Proteus, and there are in fact 6 genetically different populations.

A very worthwhile expedition.

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You can't go to the Adriatic coast without having a night time skinny dip :D....maybe no pics though !
 
The weather forecast wasn't so good for today so we decided on a tourist type day, and trundled down the dualler towards Lipica.
We passed through a vignette check at a service station....everybody off the motorway, head towards the cop with binos looking at the front of the vehicles, waved through and back on. They had a lot of customers waiting to be dealt with!
Lipica is the stud farm for the Lipizzaner horses, so as an ex rider and hunter, I was keen to see and learn about them. The rest of the party just had to put up with it!
There will be photy's!

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Nothing to do with tight jodhoppers you understand......but there were lots...there was a dressage competition taking place,.....clearly a pastime for the fit and glamorous.

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