Wednesday 15th May When It's ColdWell this is unseasonable. This time last year we were sweltering already and swimming and going solo, away from the crowds. This year so far has been cold! We have had the heater on in earnest, not just for testing. So when it's cold, you congregate and are sociable.Classic launch and we were back down into Lakki, great place to start the season with good stock-up facilities, fabulous greengrocers and hardware shops and people w...

Sunday, 5th May 2019 A week on the Hard with Plumbing and other games We flew out as usual with strangely-shaped and overweight luggage - this time containing a holding tank, valves & special loo pipe amongst other more normal boaty bits. We arrived in Athens on the Orthodox Easter Sunday and all was closed. We had thankfully hired a car to take us all of around 8km to an apartment we'd booked. The owners of "Mary's House" were charming and helpful, and anxio...

Up and Out, Good Jobs and Bad Saturday 6th October 2018 The final for this year. We lifted on a beautiful sunny morning to the sounds of the local naval establishment enjoying what sounded like a practice session for a passing out parade. That was after the normal bleating of the goats as they made their way past the boatyard. Safely up, we set about the usual clearing, cleaning and securing operations. Bits off and stowed, sails washed, strung up and stowed, the...

Dancing with Zorba, Monday, 1st October 2018 It's been a funny old few weeks. In fact, it's been an odd second stint of our cruising season. Normally we tear around like lunatics on one circuit or another visiting new spots. Not this time. First the Meltemi dictated our terms. We happily anchored in a nearby bay for a few days and played photographer for the Leros regatta organised by the Nautical Club and a Scandinavian group commemorating Goran Schildt, a Fi...

Friday, 14th September 2018 Mini Meltemi Circuit and "Delicate" Matters Back to the heat at the end of August, one new MPPT solar panel controller fitted and we were in the water and off. Unlike some years when we've come back to have another major tour, this time we have started small. I think we were tired; having had a whirlwind of a home "break" and strange weather is afoot. So far we've had a mini anti-clockwise circuit - up the east coast of Leros, over to...