On Dry Land Week 2, 26-31 August

by admin · 30/08/2019

Very relaxed and we learnt about how area shuts for winter. August is the high month for families and young people, September for older and retired couples who are quieter and have more money. Locals make money from restaurants and car parking.

Locals fix paths in winter and the rain also resets them. Not allowed to build anything in the Timoni area as it has reserve status because it was an old port. Therefore no toilets and hence why the track continuing on from Port Timoni to the peak is so dirty and reeking of urine and faeces (and wet wipes thrown into bushes everywhere)…yuk.

Dingy got fixed in Lefkada but then stopped after one run soHew went to Paxos to try and fix dingy and air conditioning with no luck. Hew discovers that one of the people on the boat was on the Greece trip with us 2 years ago.

Owner of the restaurant where we are staying talked to the mechanic at Lefkada and finds that he changed stator not the CDI unit – all becomes clear with some “googling”. An induced failure due to dodgy wires caused by Croatians in Kastela tearing the engine apart! Stator fixed but not the wires so failed again….grrrrr. But we finally have an explanation.

Hew finishes accounts, I catch up on blogs, emails and I get closer to finishing a lit. review.

We revisit Arillas beach and Ammos restaurant for really good quinoa salad and Virgin Mojito.

Thursday we decide to go further on our trusty scooter and visit the “love canal”, a very busy touristy area which reminds us how lucky we are on the yacht going to secluded bays and coves. The rock is very soft in some places like mud and visitors use it to cover themselves before having a swim, as seem below. The younger crowd are all into rock jumping. Albania looms through the haze in the background and you realise again how close the two countries are and yet how far apart.

In the final few days, I take many photos of the surrounding houses and countryside to give a feeling of all the beautiful colours and peacefulness in this part of Greece.