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Thursday 25th September

Horrible morning, with drizzle, low clouds and a cool breeze. Jo seemed quite happy though as she said it made her feel at home!

Took the morning slowly as we had a few things to do and were not interested in going out in the rain, but by midday, very little had changed so we elected to set off anyway and see what the weather did.

Little to no wind which is not at all what was promised, so we motored past Corfu Town and on down the mainland coast of Greece to the small town of Mourtos (also known as Sivota, which is not to be confused with the Sivota on Lefkas Island!) where we headed for the little bay where we anchored a few weeks ago.

Put out the fishing line as we motored down just in case we got lucky, as we have been told that the Dorado start running at this time of year. After about an hour we had a huge bite and the rod bent double (far more than when we caught the 15kg tuna) and then twang....the line was cut through just above the lure and hook, so we were left with nothing but the feeling that something very large had been on the end! Put out a different lure straight away and just for fun also put out a 'spoon' which is a spinner and within minutes had caught a fish. We hauled it in (on a hand line) and landed it, but had absolutely no idea what it was, so Jo removed the hook and we put it back in the sea, but fear we might have taken a bit too long as it did not look well. As soon as I get to wi fi again (tonight posibly) I will post the photo on www.rhbell.com and anyone who knows what it was can drop us an email. (Click on the 'contact' button beside the photos)

The sun came out at this point and all the clouds rolled away leaving us with a perfect evening.  Arrived at Moutos and found a few boats already there and very unhelpfully, one was free swinging on his anchor which made it impossible for us (and others) to go in and drop our anchors and then take lines ashore. So we just followed suit and anchored nearby.

Sarah and Jo set off to the town in the dinghy to have a look around whilst I tried to put together a new rubber squid lure to replace our lost one.

Lovely quiet evening on board and fingers crossed the this weather will hold for the rest of Jo's stay.