Lazy days at Plaka

This hospitable little fishing village is fast becoming a favourite destiination for us. It was lovely to bring Tristan and Heather here and watch them unwind after a difficult year. The harbour is best surveyed from the balcony of Baba Yannis’ taverna whilst his nephew Tomas buzzes back and forth…each…

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Suprised Wallet

A longish sail of about 8 hours took us to Kythnos. I took my usual pills but have been having increasingly awful side affects…like being sedated…so arrived in a bit of a daze. Maybe this is why an enthusiastic French mooring angel who couldn’t have tried harder to help us,…

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A New Bucket

I am currently sitting in the cockpit alongside a blue bucket. It is a very nice NEW bucket…purchase of which necessitated by my careless positioning of the previous one. I had determined to wash away all evidence ( mostly crumbs) of an evening meal last night on deck. Actually it…

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Still crazy wind here

Still crazy wind here..F7 and collected so much salt off everything we could go Into business…as usual though it is making us ‘quay squatters’ get friendly and we just organised to all go out together sat night. Is really funny ..every time a boat comes in we all gather to…

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One fine day

I thought you might like to know what a typical day ( in this case Wednesday May 29 ) looks like…Tuesday night we were anchored off Russian Bay…this is a spacious yet protected spot with panoramic views of the Peloponnese mountains tucked under with straggling settlements sweeping around half the…

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