Following our night in Ormos Kalamaki we were really excited
to be on our way to Salamina. This was somewhere we had been talking
about going to for years. My friend Ruth lives there with her husband Ianny
and they have built a house on the hill above a little bay. We had spoken
to Ruth on the phone and she told us that the name of it was Turkish Bay. We
couldn’t find it in the pilot book, (in fact the pilot book was quite
dismissive of Salamina and we weren’t sure of what to expect) however our
new plotter showed the bay quite clearly. As we got closer I was on the
foredeck waving – even though I couldn’t see Ruth or Ianny!
Suddenly Richard noticed a car coming round the hillside and saw two people get
out. It was them!!! We hadn’t seen them for over 20 years since Juliet
was a toddler! Madly waving we continued on into the bay and managed to
anchor. The description in the pilot book couldn’t have been
further from the truth, the water certainly wasn’t brown and smelly but
clear and blue! We shot ashore in the dinghy and after much hugging and
kissing we managed to all get back on the boat for a drink to celebrate.
Ianny and Ruth
When we got ourselves a bit more organised (well something
like that) we all went shore and drove up to Ianny and Ruth’s house where
we met Peggy and the kittens.
Peggy
The kittens
Ianny and Ruth then insisted on taking us out for a meal at
a restaurant belonging to a friend of theirs. A wonderful meal! We wanted
to take them out for a meal the following day but Ianny had a barbecue prepared
and we ate in the shade of a pine tree in their back garden. It was really
excellent! They have however promised that when we are settled in Turkey they will
come and stay so we can return the favour.
On the front patio
Unfortunately we weren’t able to stay more than a
couple of nights as the weather forecast was for gales so following a quick
tour of Salamina by car and a trip to the most yummy cakeshop we had to head
back to the boat for an early start towards Poros where we knew we could find a
sheltered bay.
Distance run 18.97nM Cumulative total 3160.24nM
