And the snow it did snow...

Over a Foot and Counting

Still Snowing?

The weather has been very rough in the UK for over a week now and I hope that everyone who read this blog over there has managed to keep themselves safe warm and well fed in the bad weather.  I hope that there isn't a quick thaw which will cause flooding problems for some.  It's great to look at and smashing for the kids (old & young) to play in but not much fun for people to have to travel in and commute to and from their place of work.  Fortunately we don't have to think about such things as it's still around 18 degrees here and although we have has some rain in the last few days and also some stiff breezes it is still very mild for the time of year.  No doubt we shall pay for it when we are all sat outside (well semi outside) having our Christmas lunches at the Yacht Club in Vliho.  I have "stolen" some pictures of our home village from my son Chris just to show what it's been like in beautiful Yorkshire.

Snowy Yokefleet, Yorkshire

Onto things in this neck of the woods.  Last Friday we dined out in real style on a 63ft Motor yacht, the property of Dave, Sharon and their daughter Sara.  They invited us to have an evening meal with them and it was excellent by any standards, truly fantastic fare.  What a luxurious setting, I came away feeling quite envious but I don't think the bank manager will agree with me or lend me the necessary wonga to achieve it but hey ho a mans got to have a dream!  Once again thanks very much to Dave and Sharon for a fantastic evening.

Our spirally tinsely Staircase

Mini Tree all in Red and Gold

The biggest Poinsettia in the world!

Wednesday we went to the newly opened Jumbo store just outside Louros near where we used to live on the mainland in order to get some Christmas decorations and a little tree.  Although we had planned to bring ours out from the UK when we came last September, unfortunately the car was ram jam full of other things including Sandra's dad so they got left in the storage facility (Garage!).  We did consider strapping Geoff to the roof but thought he may object, so we left the decorations and tree in the UK.  The prices of Christmas decorations in Jumbo are cheaper than the UK but things like fibre optic trees don't seem to be available here yet, although you can get sets of 120 LED lights for about 4 euros so it's not too expensive to light the place up.  After this we went up into the mountains to spend the rest of the day with our Greek friends in Assos and as usual they were delighted to see us.

Outside Lights

Thursday, newly equipped with the makings of Christmas we had to decorate the house inside and out, although to be fair Sandra has not gone OTT like she would have done in years gone by and things are quite subtle by her standards.  This done it was decided that we ought to not risk none delivery given the UK weather and order all the kids Christmas presents on line.  Amazon is great for this as they will gift wrap and put personal messages on the parcels.  I'm sure the kids get more fun from the paper than the presents at times!  Anyway that done we thought we may as well continue and send the Adults stuff also so that means that Christmas is now all boxed up and sorted.  However, it did mean that I couldn't find time to write the blog yesterday as we were out for a meal with friends in Lefkas town in the evening.  It's hard work this retirement!

Well that's about it for now, hope everyone keeps safe and warm over the few weeks and hopefully I'll manage to write something more next Thursday.