It’s just under 50 miles to Sigri, perched on the remote west coast of Lemnos. A few tourists visit this fishing village for the nearby sandy beaches, but for the most part life carries on much as it has always done. Sigri is noted in most guide books for its petrified forrest but most visitors are not impressed by the sight.
We have two friends who have permanently settled here, Dorothy & Mike a retired couple from Scotland and Wales respectively. We met a few years back in Myrsini the vet’s practice in Mytilini.
It was a bit of a motor sail but a pleasant enough journey in what can sometimes be a bit of a rough passage. We arrived just before 18:00 and tried to anchor twice under the fort but dragged both times. We then moved to just off the beach with another boat but both of us were asked to move further out by the Port Police. They have laid the swimming buoys further out than usual which means you have to anchor in quite deep water and poor holding into the bargain. We were anchored alongside 3 Amel yachts.
Quite far out
On the Friday night we visited a beautiful fish taverna Renezzo overlooking the bay
Remezzo
& on the Saturday had lunch with Dorothy & Mike followed by a visit to the Sigri festival later that night.
Sigri Festival
Sigri ashore
We had arranged to meet up again on the Sunday for brunch, there’s a lot of eating goes on in Sigri ! But the wind got up and one of the Amels dragged its anchor. So we all took that as a sign and had to cancel brunch and make a hasty departure.
It’s a lovely wee place but the anchorage is troublesome. They are building a new harbour which is partly finished but not yet open which should prove better.
The new harbour
We had a full genoa down wind sail 10 miles to Chrousos bay to investigate if it would be OK for that night. It was good holding in 4 metres of sand. Two of the Amels also arrived and initially invited us over for evening drinks but later having discovered a beach bar ashore they suggested we visit that. Say no more, lol. The couples on the Amels knew each other – Sabina, Uli, Paul & Karen from Australia & Germany respectively.
Well what started as a drink stretched into the small hours and we even had a taverna deliver dinner to us at the beach bar.
A good night
Those flip flops were left behind and picked up the following morning !
