Veliko Grablje

Today we woke up to the boat on the move to Hvar, the boat was rocking and rolling and Katie didn’t get her sea sickness pills fast enough so skipped breakfast! I on the other hand had breakfast and wasn’t feeling the greatest after, but onward and upwards!

We reached Hvar late as docking took a while, we got warned the port can be crazy here.
Once we were off the boat we had an hour to look around, we went on the hunt for Katie’s breakfast as we knew the ride had an 10km uphill and 10km downhill!

We met the guides back near where the boat dropped us off, we got on our bikes and started the ride, a short ride through town and we were soon at the 10% roadway sign… yippee! Katie shot off, ‘Passing on your left’ as you say, and I found a rhythm and grind my way up the climb. I was tracking the climb on my watch and worked out where half way was, it was there that I had some water and turned on some tunes to help with the rest of the climb.
I thought I had conquered the hill and started a descent, this went past a look out people were telling me to stop at, I only wanted to find where the guide was stopping us next. Around a bend and for sure the meeting point for the group was at the top of yet another uphill. We stopped at a bar/cafe with amazing lookout over the North side of the Island.

On the downhill, myself and an American I had met on the trip, Ken, chased the guide down the hill. We were told the road wasn’t amazing but I’ve seen worst roads. We were soon greeted by the site of the boat in the port of Stari Grad. We cleaned up and had lunch on the boat (most amazing muffin with cream for dessert!)

After lunch there was another ride planned, Katie wasn’t feeling the greatest so opted to have a nap and I had her e-bike in my sights for the afternoon!

The ride took us to the small seaside town called Jesla, this is where you had the option for an hour walking in the town, swim at the local beach or whatever you wanted really. I decided seeing I had an e-bike I would ride further along the coast as the sea was rough where they showed us to swim. 3 bays later I found an amazing bay with 13 people, one child and 2 dogs on it! The water was calm and warm! I had a swim for about 20 or so minutes till I had to ride back to where the group was to meet.

On the ride back the guides took us through a little village called Vrboska, which is known for the little river and bridges that look like the ones in Venice.

Once back, I got cleaned up and we headed to the other side of the port in Stari Grad for dinner, on the walk back we treated ourselves to some gelato for a change!Read more