Xerokambos bay, Leros island

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Thu 20 Aug 2009 17:26
37:06.4N 26:52.4E

Thursday 20th August (A level results in UK)
So firstly congratulations to Jenny Curtis on her two A's and an AB which
means she gets to go to Nottingham Uni.

Fairly noisy old night last night with one thing and another which was
unexpected really as there is no-one much here and no traffic at all during
the day, except when the odd small ferry turns up. There was football until
quite late which seemed to draw a big crowd (well at least 10), presumably
Greece were playing judging by the enthusiasm.

Sarah was up bright and early on a mission to wash the decks down, hoover,
dust and polish the interior, three loads of washing, and then go food
shopping all before we set out for a bay that was less than 5 miles away. I
did the hoovering bit to help!
This was interupted when Jill from 'Restless Lady' ran past us on her
morning exercise power walk. They are not moored here sadly but are miles
away in a bay on the east coast, but the road distances are rather less than
by sea. We are heading for the same bay as them, but not until Friday by
which time, weather permitting they will have moved on northwards which is a
shame. Also heard by email today that La Liberte with Belinda and Manni who
have been marooned in Limnos with a broken engine may finally be about to be
able to move on after 7 weeks! Sort of hope to meet up with them before the
end of the season as they head for Marmaris, but only if England win the
last Ashes test. If Australia win we will have to keep our heads down.

Very gentle sail round to Xerokambos bay on the southern tip of Leros
island. Long wide bay with tavernas at the top and loads of room to anchor
on sand in just 6 metres or so. Quite a few boats here, but they seem all to
be crammed up by the beach (and just downwind of a building site) so we
dropped our hook in plenty of space behind them all in slightly deeper
water. Seems a very nice spot although like all these islands there is a
mystery swell that keeps coming into the bays making them a little
uncomfortable at times. Beautiful crystal clear blue water as usual and it
wasn't hard to find an excuse to be swimming pretty much straightaway.
Although we did have to wait until after the laundry drying watch (only took
half an hour to dry - sorry folks at home!) to ensure none of our extensive
wash took off down wind.

There are also quite a few mooring buoys here that belong to various
tavernas which you can use provided you eat at the right one! Less wind
generally today and the forecast for this island seems to be for less wind
over the next few days.