TUESDAY 28TH We hear 'Drain-Man' arrive and keep out of the way while he does his stuff. On Tuesday evening Ali cooks a BBQ but a thunderstorm comes and forces us to eat indoors. WEDNESDAY 29TH Wednesday is cooler and in the afternoon the four of us walk a countryside loop into Mezos town. It's a small but attractive village; a couple of shops, a couple of restaurants both closed and a simple church built of heavily weathered sandstone. Dinner on the te...

A message from our friends tells us that they still have drainage problems. We arrange to call in and see them briefly even if it is not convenient to stay. The blocked plumbing is driving them loopy, but by lunchtime they have arranged for a technician to call tomorrow, and, in a better frame of mind, decide that it would be good if we stayed after all. We look around their new house then Ali and Mandy walk into town to get a few things for our evening...