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Day 9: Kolašin to Shkodër, 8 October 2024
Text & photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
Design: K-Design
Adrian Brooks and Simon Morris, 1979 Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC
Shkodër’s Mayor, Mr Benet Beci with RtG’s Mark Appleton
Michael Kershaw and Liz Comstock-Smith, Range Rover
Christoph and Zaneta Wolters, 1955 Aston Martin DB 2/4
once again. a 7km chunk of typically rocky Montenegro
foolowed, after which an excellent lunch was served
at the Time control in the shady garden of the Imanje
Knjaz in Mareza.
Before we reached for our passports there was a final
Regularity from Korita to tackle. This included a section
of the Panoramic Road 4 running along the albanian
border and climbing to 1400m. The views over Podgorica
and the Shkodra jezero were vast so, sensibly, this
section included a scenic pause - precisely 3 minutes and
20 seconds to take a photograph.
albania beckoned and, after a short run through the
valley, we crossed the cijevna—Grabon frontier and
began the climb over the “accursed Mountains” towards a
Passage control at Rrapshë. a flying visit to Hot followed
and then we headed to the night halt in the Grand Hotel
Europa in Shkodër.
This busy industrial city had rolled out the red carpet
for us, and we were privileged to park our cars in front
of the town hall. The Mayor, Mr Benet Beci, came out to
meet us and, after he’d run his eyes over the cars, he
posed for photographs and gave some interviews to the
local press. Mark appleton then presented him with a
souvenir rally plate.
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