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Saturday 24^th July

The constant northerly winds that blow, hard, during July and August have apparently been recorded from ancient times.  Today, this wind is known by its Turkish name, the Meltemi, and it blew us along pretty swiftly from Kusadasi back to the Greek Island of Samos and the delightful town of Pythagorio.

Mike will stay on the yacht at anchor here while Carol is visiting UK for ten days.  He will be hard at work fixing things, cleaning, polishing and even varnishing which won’t make for a very exciting blog so there will be a bit of a break now.

Carol arrives back the same day as Andrew, Julia, Sarah and Emma come out for a week so more updates once we are all on board and have set sail once again.