autumn has arrived
Arwenofbosham
Rob and Jacky Black
Wed 14 Oct 2009 18:55
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37 17.7N 26 45.9E
Lipso and Arki
We had a pleasant stay here on the town quay - a
small village really with a few tavernas and some other small shops. A wonderful
bread shop/cafe where we sampled some of the sweet specialities as well as using
the free wifi. The cobbled lanes wind up hill in a positive warren with shops
appearing in the most unlikely spots - very picturesque. There were a number of
UK flagged boats on the quay - more than we have seen for ages. We left the
following morning and headed for Arki another small island to the north and
part of the North Dodecanese Wild Life Refuge. Watson thinks he may have spotted
a Bonnetti eagle (known to inhabit this area) as we approached the island. We
passed Marathos to port and noted a very small interesting harbour which we hope
to make use of in the future but no time to stop this trip. on arrival at Port
Augusta we found space on the quay so were soon all fast stern to and off to
walk round the village. There were two tavernas and a mini market plus a few
houses and not much else! very quaint and un spoilt. We rowed the dinghy to a
small sandy bay about 100 metres across from the mooring for a swim before
getting ready for supper. Had an excellent meal at the first of the 2 tavernas -
local rabbit among other things.
We heard from another boat owner that the weather
was going to deteriorate so we headed back for samos the following
morning.
37 41.2N 26 56.6E
Samos 12th - 14th October
Well I guess it was too good to last - the weather
that is! We managed a final swim from the boat while anchored off the beach to
the east of Pythagorean harbour before retreating to the relative safety of the
marina. The wind arrived earlier than forecasted and we were pleased to be
secure on the pontoon as it started to gust above 28 knots. Samos marina is
quite new and has all the services you would expect at 30 Euros per night:
- lazy lines, power and water, showers (though not very special) and a
laundry. There is also a good supermarket and two tavernas one for meals and the
other more of a cafe for breakfast and drinks. We ate at the taverna and had a
very good meal with plenty of choices of home made food and spit roasted lamb as
a main course (the portions were enough for two!) Our visitors left early 0600
via a taxi to Vathi to catch their ferry to Piraeus - we heard from then at 1700
to say they were still in Vathi as the wind had prevented them from sailing! We
had some torrential rain for about an hour and still the wind increased peaking
around 2100 at 35 knots. We made good use of our enforced stay and got all the
laundry done (4 loads) plus cleaned the boat, topped up with water and defrosted
the fridge/ freezer. On Wednesday morning we decided to move to the town quay as
the wind had dropped.
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