It was just as well that we liked Pylos - we ended up just over a week here waiting for weather. This is a changeable time of year with suitable longer distance travel windows every 5 to 7 days it seems. Where we anchored was a way off from the town but the new bigger tender handled it really well even it slightly choppy water. It was Greek Independence Day on the 28th and we ordered a lamb on the spit at Taverna Koukos. None of us quite realised that we were getting the whole lamb to ourselves! We valiantly ate as much as we could and now have lamb shepherds pie, lamb sandwiches and lamb casserole to go! Peter and Michael both got haircuts from Klaus and both ended up looking like Klaus. Melissa and Mike hired a moped and terrified themselves on a few roads before deciding it was safer to lie on the beach. We did try to go to Kalamata by bus but the timetable was indecipherable and out of season schedules - unreliable. There is an excellent chandlery store here (quite small but things jammed in everywhere) where we picked up a few bits and pieces like a stern anchor and chain for the tender and got a zip fixed. Fotis is a real "go to" man for boat stuff. Each time any of us went in he gave us a bottle of his family's olive oil - we are heavily stocked in local olive oil!

Off to Kos tonight…….weather Gods permitting. It's also Halloweeeeeeeen.