Farewell to Leros
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Fri 16 Apr 2010 06:25
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15th April 2010
We have finally decided to leave this lovely island
and make our way north, having been here on the quay at Port Lake for nearly a
week.
There are several boats here that were wintered in
the yard at Parthenon so a very friendly atmosphere amongst all the
folk.
We have done some stocking up for stores as the
shops are very good especially the fruit and vegetables. We have also found an
excellent
butchers where the family are Australian Greeks and
of course speak English which helps rather when you want to choose
certain
cuts of meat. They also stock some specialist local
products - the best feta we've had in Greece, some very good bacon
and their own olive oil which is fantastic!
Yesterday we said good bye to our friends from
Scotland they were taking the Blue Star ferry back to Piraeus - Cameron (aged
15) went up the mast for us a
couple of days ago to straighten the tail end of
the Windex (not a job either of us relish as the mast is so high!). We continue
to have problems with the new speed log
instrument and finally called Ray Marine for advice
it would seem we will have to replace the transducer though possibly not the
whole cable (which would be almost impossible
without tearing the boat apart!). We have arranged
to meet up with an electronics guy in Samos next week to splice the new cable
and transducer to the existing run of cable
which disappears under the port flooring and behind
the wardrobes into a ducting which re-appears at the base of the
binnacle.
We also did a 'flare' check yesterday and found
that we need to replace the parachute flares which are out of date. We have
ordered some and hope they will be here later today.
It was very warm yesterday so I went for my first
swim in the sea - amazingly pleasant - and certainly warmer than my first dip
last year in Lagos in April.
I also treated myself to a 'pedicure' from the
local beautician so my toes are sparkling with shinny red polish and my feet
look presentable for wearing sandals for the
rest of the season. We have had the bikes out for
an airing and as the town here is flat have whizzed about getting the shopping.
In fact Rob has just returned from
getting bread for breakfast! So time to sign off
for now.
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