After our windy day yesterday and divert to the shelter of Kremik marina, we set out today to finish our route up to Sibenik. This town is situated a couple of miles inland and is accessed via a long and deep narrow ravine leading to a large inland lake. It was interesting pilotage and looked a reasonable place to stay for the night. During the entrance in the ravine, the pilot book advised us to keep an eye out for the old WW2 submarine caves built into the rock.

We moored stern to on the quay in gusty conditions and waited around until another boat had come in next to us before heading off for an explore.

Unfortunately the town didn’t seem that fantastic. It had all the usual churches, narrow streets, smooth marble flagstones in large plazas and of course the castle on the hill protecting it from seaward invaders but seemed to lack a focus and character. The church was interesting, in that all around the edge were carved heads reputably of citizens too tight to contribute to its building costs – so everyone would know the tightasses… Bit harsh!  

We walked around, tramped up to the castle in the sweltering heat to get some picture (as usual) and came back to the boat for a pleasant on-board bbq. It was a bit like feeding time at the zoo as people strolling along the quay would take a good look as they passed by. We even dug out some marshmallows to toast for desert, which wet down a treat and gained a few envious looks.