Market day in Datca was moved from Saturday to Friday because a religious holiday starts on the 8th for a week. I was ashore buying a dress when I found this out so we quickly provisioned as a few of the places we planned to go to next don't really have anything at them. The holiday is called Bayram. It seems that Mohammad asked a man to show he truly believed by sacrificing his son - after a lot of anguish he agreed and M was so impressed by his loyalty he let h...

We stayed one week in Bodrum in the end. We both had appointments at the private (very nice and new) hospital there for dermatology checks. Peter has had a chunk cut out of under his foot which has made walking sore. We spent a day in Kos by ferry as it was easier than checking EN in and out etc etc. We had to pick up some warranty parts for EN that Lagoon had sent. it is too difficult getting things into Turkiye. It was only a blind and a part for the water make...

We finally got away on Friday morning. There were of course a few last minute things but it all got done. We said a sad goodbye to Ken who has had his boat on the hard near us for all these weeks and came for coffee each day. Bruce, an Aussie we met in Rhodes, had just arrived to be hauled so maybe they can cheer each other up. We only went a short way around to Kazikli, Ali Dave Bay to try things out and had no problems with generator, water maker or air con. T...

Right, now where was I on the relaxing, fun, cruising life we are supposed to be having…? Oh, that's right, on the hard in a yard. So the dusty hot, frustrating part continues. We've now got both propellers shafts off because of squealing incorrect (?) gaskets and a myriad of other small jobs and some larger ones partly underway. I now can speak "yard-speak": "I'll be there at 3 o'clock" means "I'll be there at 11 o' clock in two...

Everything is going quite slowly at the yard for us. We were told last week that this week was going to be the week when everything happened - so far NOT. It's only Tuesday afternoon so I suppose anything could happen yet. In fairness everyone has been very busy getting lots of the big boats in the water for the season. Of course all the owners want them in NOW. Peter is having a "man shed" made in the front starboard locker. Lots of shelves for plast...