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Thursday 16^th September

We didn’t leave for Bodrum as planned because the winds were on the rise again and there was a gale warning.  We did stick our nose out of the anchorage but as soon as we reached the open sea it was so uncomfortable we decided to retreat.  The boat can cope with winds of way more than gale force but the winds cause the sea to get increasingly unpleasant and we have a choice about whether to stay or go so we stayed put.  There is always plenty to do on the boat so we are never idle.  The worst that could happen was that our diet would get very dull as we got down to rice, pasta and feta cheese again.  However, the winds settled again after a few days so we left yesterday, Wednesday, and had a cracking sail mostly at 7 knots over to the island of  Kalimnos.  We found ourselves in the main town which is noisy, bustling and quite large with an excellent free wifi for the citizens so we have decided to stay an extra night to re-provision and catch up on internet things.  We will head for Bodrum tomorrow.