I have visited the Port Police to retrieve the boat documents that will allow us to set forth sailing, and thanks to information from our English friends Paul & Lorraine back in the UK it’s now seems we will not actually need a transit log, but that has yet to distil down to the local authorities so I imagine still some fun and games ahead.

I am about to contact my GP back home to see if there is anything she can do to log my 2^nd Greek jab on the UK system so that I can get the mobile app proving I have had both, it’s a long shot but worth a try. Travelling between islands will require this or taking a test each time, which would be a complete pain .

Nicolas set off in recently so we had a few last suppers He was keen to show us BBQ duck, a first for us but it was very good.

A lunch at Mytilini, a great find near the house but only open at the week ends just now

and a final meet up at Limonias at the western end of the island. He had sailed there on his first outing and we had taken the car.

This year he has a lot of “GM’s” coming out , which, in French, means paying guests, well half guests , friends of friends – and June, July and August is bunged for him , and his sister will be out in September. No doubt our paths will cross at some point as we are sailing roughly the same areas. September may well see us meeting up to visit Chios but everything is fluid and we are hoping Diane can come out for a spell as well so the plan is no plan.

We have now paid our final marina fees, we have the house & the car until the 3^rd of June, when Louise gets her 1^st jab and then we are off for 3 weeks until we have to return to Samos for her 2^nd one. After that we are truly free until November.

Ready to go (on a diet !)

So this, (You will all be glad to know, especially Fiona!) is the last blog 0f season 2020-21.

Here’s to a safe and more normal year for all of us next year.

Cheers for now G&L xx

The Greek Coastguard managed to run one of their boats aground at the entrance to the marina. It nearly sunk but managed to be pumped out until a large barge arrived from Athens to lift it for repairs. Red faces somewhere methinks

The poor sailors and a dog where on the deck overnight and for another 48 hours .

As previously posted I returned to Scotland for my 1st covid jab at the end of March. This was the menu plan at the boutique hotel EK, courtesy of my sister in law , fabulous, but I bust the zip on my jeans at London Heathrow on my return, lol

10 days sitting on my bum quarantined watching TV and eating & drinking diet must start soon……ish

This is Joni & Bruce and their lovely big boat that they bought in Turkey & have spent 5 years doing up.

and also pics of lunch and Easter at Marcos cafe at the marina.

Christos the gardener at the rental accommodation very kindly brought us free range eggs from his chickens, some painted red for Easter and some baking from his wife.

The red ones are hard boiled and what you do is bash them against one another to crack the shells signifying the rolling away of the stone story in the Bible.

How thoughtful is that ?

Saturday the 1st of May saw us at Samos Town hospital. Louise had woken very unwell sweating, being sick and feeling faint. At 07;00 at the hospital they checked her for covid before allowing admittance. She was given a sedative, X,ray, CT scan ECG and bloods. All came back fine . They think possibly a panic attack ….. but that is not Louise so who knows ? Anyhow all OK now.

Kalo Mina means happy month , the Greeks wish each other this on the 1st of every month , ours is off to a good start , lol

Views from the hospital across the bay as I waited outside and the return in her Jammies to the house.

The following week was my turn for the medics, my 2nd jab at Karlovassi 36 kms away in the NW of the island, this is just a pic of the day, I remember was taken to send to Friends of Camira on Whats App as it was raining in Scotland.

And a drink in Pythagorio one evening

You can see from the size of the gin she recovers quite well!