We constantly quiz ourselves. Like GCSE examiners we set ourselves multiple choice questions. Where to go? What route to take? What to see? Where to stop? How many nights? How many bottles to buy? . . . Unlike those same examiners, we get to answer our own questions and then get to mark them too. Make our choice. Put a tick in the box. Sometimes close our eyes and guess. Sometimes get it wrong. Sometimes spectacularly right.
We make tracks for Plitvice National Park and its series of sixteen tiered lakes. A two day ‘sprint’. Highest at 636 metres; lowest at 503 metres. It’s a huge attraction. Coachloads from afar swarm around the entrances like bees to a honey pot. Luckily, by the time we cross over the first lake it quietens. There are four routes to choose from. We choose ‘E’ – work that one out. It’s a combination of stony paths and elevated wooden walkways. The intricate route that links the upper lakes has been expertly thought through. It affords us the best vantage points.
We gradually meander up and around each lake in turn. Some large, some small. Some deep, some shallow. All photogenic in differing ways . . .
