Some of the most interesting people I’ve met in my life have been through a shared adventure.

It was one particular adventure last June in the Neretva Valley that I met Pat, a fellow wild woman and lover of the natural world, in particular rivers.

It was a day to remember. We took in a couple of fascinating museums – The Natural History Museum in Metkovic and The Archaeological Museum in Narona – before taking a bird-watching boat trip on the river and a lunch of frogs and eels.