First picnic on the beach - the view towards Kalamos
We are horrified to discover the reason why our PCs have been behaving mysteriously for a while – we’d put it down to just another annoying Microsoft glitch - is because they have both been infected with a thoroughly insidious virus. Because we haven’t manage to connect either PC to the internet yet (another long saga I won’t bore you with) Leighton is forced to spend several hours in a noisy internet cafe over the course of a week trying to work out how to zap the virus. At last, he’s beaten it. Because our memory sticks were infected as well, we haven’t been able to post anything up on the blog until now – hence the complete silence.
Serious Rummikub concentration - Frank is the champion!
Meantime, Cathy has been soldiering on with the deck. First we have to chisel out all the old caulking which has perished in the sun, clean out the seams and stick down any loose boards before applying new black caulking (the consistency of marmite) into the seams. The caulking sticks to absolutely everything apart from baby wipes, so as you can imagine it’s a messy business. Anyone who has been onboard will know there’s an awful lot of deck to do! We want to crack on with it while the conditions are right for the job. At the moment it’s not too hot, and apart from a light sprinkling of rain one evening, completely dry. Our hands and feet look like they’ve emerged from a tar pit, and our work clothes will have to be thrown away, but we are now almost finished. Another three days should do it, then we can start sailing – yippee!
It was very sad to say goodbye to our Dutch friends when they left this week to sail south to Patras. We have so enjoyed spending the last two months with them, and they have greatly enriched our stay here in Vonitsa. There’s now a huge space beside Makarma where their boat used to be - we will miss them a lot.
I’ve left the most important piece of news until last – Edd and Nat have got engaged! The date of the wedding is set for June 2011. Our heartfelt congratulations go to them both.
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