Hello again !

I see from our last post the intended retrospective blogging was initially started on 7^th November 2020, last year, and nothing since!

Well having settled into “Another Day in Paradise” our home from home on Samos (ahem …. more later) you would think I’d plenty of time to catch up?

Well no …… Its now 18^th April 2021 and I’m just now tentatively re commencing.

The reasons (excuses) will unfold as we near that November date in due course.

Anyhow last year’s cruising notes and worthy pictures now follow.

As Sean Connery said to Michael Caine in the Man who would be King – “It’s time to head south Peachy” – so that was the plan.

But first we had three weeks or so shuttling between Posidonia Bay and Pythagorio. We were looking for rental property for the winter and in addition Nicolas’s friend Denis was coming out for a week’s holiday and he wasn’t a good sailor, in fact he was downright afraid, so even moderate distance sailing was out.

We did manage to negotiate a lovely house in Posidonia but the lady then later recinded the offer. We think it was mention of Lily that was the deal breaker. In hindsight it was not a bad thing as it would be deserted in winter and even in summer this year the small mini market was closed.

The upside of Covid is that the bay usually jam packed with Turkish boats was empty except for us and a few others from time to time.

The batteries were not recharging to their full capacity on solar power as expected and I suspected that either they or the fridge was packing in. Kleanthis recharged our fridge with coolant and as it appeared OK we replaced the batteries as well. Time will tell.

The interpid Capitanos

An unusually empty bay at Posidonia

Walked round to Klima bay

and of course lunch

Celebrating our house rental in Posidonia just before it fell through

On board in the bay

Our only visitors, a charter from Turkey , a French couple who couldn’t get ashore as their dinghy didn’ t work .Nicolas took pity on them and gave them a lift .