A wonderful Christmas present.

And it's open!!  They said the road would be done by the end of the year and they were right.  The last of the concrete was laid on Friday,  the road remained shut over the weekend for it to harden/set/go off  and late on Sunday evening we heard the first  car since the end of October go past here.  

Today it has  poured with rain - and still is - but we went out to the shops just because we could!   It was nice not to have to go togged up in boots and wet weather clothes with a rucksack like last year. 

There are parts of the new road which have mud and gravelly stuff on which has washed down from the land but because the surface slopes slightly into the hillside,  any mud and stones is mostly washing down the drains.  Some stones have rolled out onto the road but nothing major.

And here is the final bill.  Many thanks to whoever applied for the funding and to those who provided the money.  What a wonderful Christmas present to those of us who live and/or work their land in Montenegro.

But remember - to those of you who know this area - the road only goes from Yator to Montenegro.  From here up to Yegen remains a track so if you couldn't drive it by car before, you still can't.