4th June 2024
After further 3 days in Siros we thought we should take advantage of the very flat & very hot spell to get a bit northwards just in case the Meltemi was thinking about starting to blow with vengeance. Sometimes a hot calm spell can precede this.
So not an ideal 6 hours on motor but sometimes it just makes sense to get where you want to be and we had had quite a while in Siros this year, it’s time to go.
So bye again to Nicolas who is still awaiting his GM’s but he is now 99% sure he is selling up as witnessed by his tortuous decision to buy a rather expensive original oil painting, in memory of Ermopouli, only to find when he had finally decided on it someone had beaten him to it by a matter of hours after it sitting in the gallery’s window for weeks!
Just after 15:00 we arrived and anchored in Batsi Bay, Andros.
Our 1st visitors were a family of swans who came to greet us . Lily wasn’t quite sure what to make of them.
Its always fun being somewhere new and have the 1st time ashore wander and something to eat.
Views of Batsi
& the church at night from the boat
The next day as expected the weather did change and a bit of a blow was forecast.
Not being sure of the anchorage I stayed on board the boat and Louise headed off on the bus across to Andros town and got some great pictures.
Louise’s Bus trip to Andros – great pics
9th June
The weather is a bit sunnier again.
The Vikings arrived in Batsi harbour and we went to visit the longship that was touring Greece. We also caught up with Erja & Glenn our Finnish / American friends, who had arrived on their boat.
They advised Sabine & Uli other sailing pals, we 1st met in Sigri, Lesvos would be arriving too in a couple of days.
So all in all a very busy & interesting visit. We would go back again , I’m sure.
