windy Skiathos town
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Sun 12 Jul 2009 09:44
Sunday 12th July
2009
We were awake bright
and early the next day, mainly because none of us had slept much. The wind
picked up around midnight and was quite strong all night, making for a lumpy
night. We had booked a jeep for today but we were not happy to leave the
boat unattended in this much wind, so suggested the kids go off for the day by
themselves to explore the island. We thought they would jump at the
chance, especially as it meant getting off a very rocky boat and spending the
day on dry land!
They decided,
however, that they wanted to spend the last day with us, so we cancelled the
jeep. When the wind subsided a little, we took the rib ashore and bumped
into the guy who was organising getting the freezer looked at. He said our
man would be with us tomorrow, but when we said we were at anchor he said the
guy wouldn't come out there, so we could have one of the charter boat berths
which would be empty till Thursday. So we went back to the boat to move
it straight away rather than lose the berth. It was still very
windy and the outboard motor decided to play up, cutting out several
times. At one time we were being blown away from the boat and Kerrie
and Chris were madly paddling while Steve got it going
again!
Eventually back on
board, we started to take up the anchor, only to discover that we were again
caught on something. By this time we were beginning to think someone here
in Skiathos had it in for us! So once again we had to call out a diver and
he confirmed we were caught on an old Navy anchor and chain that had just been
left lying on the bottom. He had us free in less time than before, then
hitched a lift with us back to the quay, where he was a great help in getting
lines ashore. He turned out to be a very nice guy called Theo (not 'Scubie
Steve' as Kerrie called him) and Steve arranged to do some diving with him later
in the week.
A very big sigh of
relief was audible on board Scott-Free as it meant we were now confident to
leave the boat and enjoy the last day of the kids' holiday together. It
was too late for a jeep now, we decided, so enjoyed wandering around the town
and buying a few pressies for people at home.
In the evening we
went to a restaurant that had been recommended to Kerrie by a friend, and had a
very nice meal in an excellent setting on the hillside overlooking the
bay.
