At last Spring has really sprung....

Jez, Geoff & Sandra at "Mad Mary's in Vasiliki.

 The weather has now definitely taken up and although we still keep hearing rumbles of thunder in the distance the day time temps are now set in the upper twenties and it's pleasant to sit out until bedtime.

Last week we had a night out with Jeremy and Debbie at the penguin taverna in Vasiliki affectionately known at this end of the island as Mad Mary's, if you had met Mary you would understand why.  She spent the entire evening giving a new waitress hell, the girl, a Latvian, seemed to have vanished before we went home so I'm not sure if she told her what to do with the job.

Monarch Moth on our wall.

 We had left the outside lights on for when we returned and amongst the hundreds of insects which has settled on the wall near the light was a huge moth.  A little research on the net seemed to show it as a monarch moth.  It seems they can reach about six inches in wing span this one being about four.  The next morning Geoff went outside before breakfast and came back in with a pair of detached wings which looked suspiciously like those of our friendly moth so whatever had eaten it preferred breast to wings.

Sanny having a swim and now it's hot I've been in too!

Sandra and her dad looking out over the south of the island

Porto Katsiki beach.

The house that Tony built (spare room for rent)

With the weather improvement Sandra has been a regular in the pool.  The trend had been set by Liz's friends, Julie and Derek who have been living next door for a couple of weeks and of course not to be outdone Liz and Sandra also had to have a dip.



I waited for a few days until the air temperature got to a more sensible 28C before I took the plunge.

Monday and we decided that we should introduce Geoff to the beautiful west cost of the island.  We had a ride across country to where the Lentil growing capital of the world is at Eglouvi I think I may have mentioned it in more detail in a previous blog, and from there we went to one of our favourite secluded bays Gialos near Athani and then to Porto Katsiki before returning the scenic route down to Vasiliki.  A good time was had by all.

Yesterday We spent the day at Tony and Liz's Attempting to make Tony's domestic water system independent from the mains as they have very high

 pressure and also the supply is rather fickle as a guy up the hill keeps turning the taps off so he can have some water.  Anyway, the header tank needed a shed building over it to protect it from the heat of the sun a large extent thus preventing the water from heating and the chance of any legionella  spores breading there.  This has turned out to be a bigger job than I think either of us anticipated and is still not actually completed after another days work on it.  The pressure is really not adequate and it looks like he's going to have to re-mortgage to find the funds for a water system pressure pump.  Hey Ho, I'm sure he'll take it all in his stride