Back to Lefkada with No.1 Grandson...

Jan-ma and Daley bear, having a pint.

East midlands airport - small but perfectly formed.

 We left early Monday morning for East Midlands airport to catch our eight o'clock flight to Corfu.  It has been about thirty odd years since Sandra and I last flew from there and it has grown significantly in that time but still maintains it's small regional feel.  The fact that it is the only airport I know of where you can have a cigarette after you go through to the departure lounge make it a bit of a bonus, even though it's a fenced off outside area.  It does mean the the two or three hours you are there are not quite so tortuous.

Deb and Liz, don't ya just luvem!

After landing at Corfu complete with our loads of luggage, Sandra and I brought tow folding bikes back with us as additional luggage and we did wonder if JET2 would manage to get them here on the same flight!  No need to panic, although we did have a little fright when they came out on a different carousel to our main luggage at Corfu airport.

"Big D" and nearly as big Les.

 Then it was taxi to the port and missed the ferry by about five minutes so had to wait an hour and a half for the next one but hey ho, we are chilled enough to take that on our shoulders.

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Would you buy a car from this pair?

Fluid intake on Milos beach.

 Jeremy picked the three of us up at Igoumenitsa complete with all our baggage his poor little car didn't know what was about to hit it I don't think.  You could fair hear the screams when it saw these three huge people and myriad bags heading towards it.

Dale Chick magnet incarnate.

Anyway Jeremy got us all safely back to good old Lefkas, thanks mate, very good of you.  Being well tired by the time we had provisionally unpacked, and with an invitation from Deb, Jez,  Liz and Tony to dine out we availed ourselves of the opportunity before flopping lifelessly into bed.  It was so humid though that we didn't manage a good nights sleep.

After a second bad night I decided enough was enough and rigged up the two 12 volt car fans we had bought in the UK and last night was bliss.  The noise of the fans didn't bother us at all it was so lovely just to have air!

Walked with Dale to Milos beach yesterday so that he could have a swim and watch the kite surfers in action, I think he was very impressed but by the action and the beach.