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Wednesday 10th September

Delayed our start to the trip down to Lefkas so that we could pick up the stronger afternoon breeze, which meant that we did not get away too early which might also have been because our farewell drinks with Patty, Jerry, Jess, Will and George did not end until 2.00am.

This is the Northern Ionian, so the wind having blown strongly yesterday chose to take things easy today and never got above 11 knots all day, which when it is directly behind you is good for very little indeed.

Lefkas Town main quay was pretty empty apart from around 8 charter yachts, so we had no problem finding a space although the wind did choose this brief moment to blow strongly across us making the process of reversing into a space quite exciting.

Went for a stroll around the town and in the evening went to a restaurant (The Lighthouse Garden) which we used to recommend to all our customers back in 1980. The owner was still there serving as before and he was very welcoming although in truth he could not recall either of us, but did remember the company. He reckons that 90% of his business comes from people arriving by boat (mostly flotillas) which you might not think was unusual given the name of the restaurant, but when you understand that it was hidden away down a backstreet, a good half mile from any water, let alone the actual sea, you realise how important our business was to him in the early days. The meal was really excellent, quite possibly the best since arriving in Greece and in addition to various extras brought along at the end of the meal, the owner insisted on giving us a bottle of Ouzo to take away with us.