Waiting for a weather window...

A tad chilly in the shade

Shirley Valentine moment at Palairos Yacht Club.

The weather has been quite strange for this time of year and I feel sorry for anyone who has been out for a weeks holiday in the last couple of weeks.  We have been having more or less consistent north westerly winds in the afternoons which have really taken the edge off what would otherwise have been really nice days.  The temps have been in the mid to high twenties with plenty of sunshine but in the cockpit of our boat under the bimini shade it's felt bloody cold with the wind blowing straight into your rear end, if you'll pardon the expression.  We have even had to resort to having our evening meals down in the cabin on two or three occasions.

Tuesday we had to clean the decks again of Saharan sand, not from the rain it was just in the air and left a coating on everything, damn nuisance.

We had intended going out to stay on Meganisi for a few days on Wednesday this week but the wind looked like spoiling things as it would be blowing straight into Spillia Bay (Sparta Chorie) where we had intended to moor.  Never mind we have just postponed it until perhaps Sunday if the weather improves.  To get over our disappointment we went by car to Palairos for a curry instead preceded by a couple of glasses of wine at the Yacht Club, all excellent as usual.

Just before I go I would like to wish our good friend Tony a speedy recovery from his operation yesterday.  It sounds as though it was quite protracted for a cataract removal, an hour and a half under the knife under a local, no thanks.  Anyway he sounded chuffed to bits this morning when he told me he can see great but not through his glasses.  Good luck Tony (and Liz minding the invalid!!)