Happy New Year! May you have fair winds and calm seas for 2012.
Finike is all about oranges - they're legendary - and you get a 10kg sack for 8 lira (£2.50). The town lies in the centre of the orange-growing region of Turkey.
Surprise, surprise, the town's emblem is an orange.
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| We were given all these oranges while we were out walking one afternoon |
The Saturday market is amaaazing. All the fruit and veg is locally grown and unbelievably cheap.
Although it's only February, the stalls are loaded with fresh strawberries, mange-tout peas and broad beans. We eat very well for ridiculously little.
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| The simit seller doing his rounds in the market |
Finike has a benign microclimate which protects us from much of the bad winter weather. Even when thick cloud hangs low over the hills, we often have a patch of clear sky above us.
Snow lies on the mountains inland which makes it bitterly cold in a north wind. But we don't mind if it's sunny.
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| View of the marina on a calm day |
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| Our pontoon - all bikes and satellite dishes |
Plenty of activities take place in the Porthole common room for us liveaboards - potluck suppers, quiz nights, movies, coffee mornings, yoga. We tend to spend most days writing (Cathy's now working on the second novel; Leighton is getting down his thoughts on how to save the planet).
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| The marina dogs Sugar Bear (left) & Tripod (right) - so-called as he's only got 3 legs! |
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| Puzzle on the lookout from the next door boat |
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| The coastguard patrol boat and helicopter on exercise in the marina |
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