being lazy...
Scott-Free’s blog
Steve & Chris
Tue 4 Aug 2009 18:44
Tuesday 4th August
2009
After Rachel &
Alan left on Saturday, we decided to stock up on essentials and head back to
Ormos Panormos to spend a couple of days just lazing around. So that's
what we did.
The weather had
settled down at last, and so we found a good spot in the anchorage, got
ourselves anchored and tied back with two lines, and there we stayed just
enjoying being there. We were kept company by a group of firemen who were
camped out in the woods and on the tiny piece of beach. There had been a
forest fire shortly after we left there last time, and they were on standby in
case it broke out again. We could hear a chainsaw somewhere in the woods
and there were fire hoses laid out ready for use. Apart from a couple of
sleeping bags, we couldn't see any home comforts and it wasn't until the last
day that they built a makeshift tent to give themselves some shade. They
were very much 'on watch', day and night, and only on the last day did they have
a swim, when it appeared that they must have been told to stand
down.
We will stay for
tonight and then tomorrow we will go to Skopelos Town, for two reasons - 1) we
liked it when we visited briefly with Rachel & Alan and would like to see
more and 2) there is some blowy weather coming on Wednesday night/Thursday
and the harbour there will be more sheltered than this
anchorage.