Louise had her 1st ouzo of the season on the Saturday night.
We were going to stay a couple of days more in Scala Loutra and then head around to the marina for a long overdue clean up of the boat, clothes and ourselves. Who said this life was luxurious anyway? It would also have let Lily off the boat. We think she is going stir crazy with boredom.
Two things happened to scupper those plans (1) we discovered a badly injured wee cat and (2) high winds that are now preventing us going even if we wanted to.
We have been feeding the cat antibiotics to hopefully stem infection in a bad wound on her neck. It does seem to be working although we haven’t been able to get ashore since Wednesday night due to the severe winds which have been continual. They are still high as I speak but I’m hoping for a wee lull to go ashore and check tonight, fingers crossed.
We had arranged for our vet friend to come and she had agreed but no show so far.
We moved from our southerly anchorage for safety but a boat that remained where we were got blown aground in the wind two nights ago. He’s safe now though & tied up to the quay – a local boat pulled them off.
The same Sunday evening that we found the cat we were in the taverna having a meal when a local fisherman Apostolis sent over some flat fish he had caught & cooked. Quite a character and nine sheets to the wind. He runs a tourist boat out of Mythima in the north of the island.
Apostolis & his fish
Local fishermen cleaning & tenderising the kalamari
Brian & Sara arrived on their boat along with a new pal Wolfgang on his. We had an evening ashore in the tavern followed by an hour on Wolfgang’s boat, for a nightcap of Schnapps.
Wolfie, as I write this, is on his way across to Volos on the mainland of Greece at the other side of the Aegean, rather him than me.
