# Day 2-4 Patmos

The plan had roughly been as follows, one or a couple of days in each of the following islands before returning to Samos for a few days for the necessary Covid test in Samos town 72 hours before the return flight.

# 1 Agathonisi

#2 Arki

#3 Lipsi

#4 Patmos

The plan that never happened

It was not to happen, good old Poseidon decided to blow a hoolie for 4 days with the attendant biggish seas. And so after a windy 30 knot sail for the 22 miles to Patmos we were confined to anchor in St George’s bay. Again another brisk 5 hour sail well reefed and sailing all but 40 minutes of it, at least she was getting sailing!

It’s enough to blow yer kecks off …oh aye and that’s mine in the background!

She soon got used to the luxury transportation ashore whereby the skipper ran a shuttle service, thankfully easier one way than the other; the outboard was not working so it was an oar job. At least I was getting some exercise.

And finally seated …….lol

Luckily the bay is lovely and has a taverna. You can also get a taxi into Scala Patmos, the main town and port, which is was Louise & Diane did one day, visiting the Chora and famous monastery of St John.

Up the Chora and a very nice pic of the two of them.

I think Diane was less impressed with the dinghy service on their return in the dark though. I had had a few ouzos in the taverna after dropping them off ashore for a taxi earlier in the evening!

This was a”normal” shuttle in the daylight

We ate in the taverna most nights and by the end of which we nicknamed it the Keftedes (meatball taverna).

The meatball taverna

One day they went ashore for a walk with little money between them but somehow managed to scrimp enough together to enjoy a fabulous breakfast meanwhile the skipper had to be content with a coffee on the boat, Hmmmmff!