Month: May 2017

          After only seven months or so, the rubbish has finally gone from outside the gate.  I can now walk out of the gate reasonably unimpeded. Cause for celebration. I can hear a loader at the top of the site removing all the rubbish from there too. Hurrah! An English couple…

We were on the road at 05:30 and back by around 7. They had a good race around so, if it’s busy in the beach, they might not go out this evening. I did some work for LBS over the weekend and he told me his phones were out this morning. Apparently a fuse had…

At least it held off whilst we were out: only a few drops as we got back to Grammeno. We put them in to their compounds and then it started to rain. There had been various flashes since we left but the clouds were building to the north affording us a good view of the…

Up and out nice and early, as were the mosquitoes. Ursula and I walked the dogs all off-lead until 07:15 when we came back to Grammeno. The morning started bright and sunny however I knew that the forecast was for changeable weather from the afternoon onwards. Following a cup of tea, Ursula went to find…

I took the precaution of taking in my fleeces from the outside line when I let Pea out for his final wee of the day. I have a feeling that he will not need to be let out last things soon as I’m sure he spends more time messing around and sniffing at things rather…

Bouncing around at 05:30 today but had to walk them on the lead as there were a couple of people about collecting salt. The Bulgarian guy and some other bloke who appears to have slept the night on the Promontory. We passed his bed yesterday evening and he was standing next to his 4×4 as…

I forgot to send the email with the link to yesterday’s blog post which you should have received this morning. I wrote the post and then the email but forgot to press send on the email. You probably found the post anyway. Yesterday evening was quite cool and there was a bit of a chilly…

For some reason Boris decided we all needed waking up nice and early as he was fidgeting and squeaking. Previously Heidi had been barking at something, so in many ways, the night was quite interrupted. I gave up at around 05:15 and sent a reply to Ursula’s previous message from the day before. She was…

Antonis called by to drink beer and give me some papers I’d asked him to have printed for me. He wants me to build him a website in German, English and Greek to display the items from his shop. I’ve not had to make anything in three languages before but I’m sure I’ll work it…

We might just as well have gone for a walk yesterday evening as the Grammeno bar was deserted and the Ammos Beach bar was closed. The promontory appeared to be deserted. Later, once all were safely in bed, I took Dave for a little walk ‘around the block’ which is out the camping onto the…

Yesterday evening, the phone rang and I could see a UK mobile number so guessed it might be someone at reception. It turned out to be a guy called Gary from Nottingham who wished to stay at the camping and saw my number on the office door. I showed him the facilities and the pitches…

Chatting earlier we talked about moving to a blog rather than individual emails which are difficult to keep track of. I have put the past few day’s email content into the blog to see if you like how it works out. Another advantage of the blog is that I can continually update it as the…

I didn’t think it would rain but I was wrong because we got wet. Memories of the winter months came rushing back as I trudged around feeding them in the damp sand. They were in need of a rub down with a towel before bed. I even closed the window and door on the van…

There were a couple of distant rumbles but it amounted to nothing. It became a lot cooler later so I was glad of my fleece when my intrepid assistant and I set off for the evening promenade. He was more confident and sat down, surrounded by all the dogs, giving them biscuits. On our return…

We had an evening walk yesterday as it was cool with even a few spots of rain. The first evening walk since Friday. I’d said we’d go at 19:15 but I wandered down to find Pietro playing ball to kill time before the walk. We went earlier as there was no one about on the…

Sunday we were sweltering with a Saharan heatwave and now it’s raining and I’m wearing a coat! Dave is a pretty good barometer of the weather as he declared he wanted to go into the storeroom earlier today. Rain is forecast for tomorrow and Thursday. It’s becoming more serious now as the ‘chance of rain’…

My assistant and mother appeared again yesterday evening. I’d met mother earlier to say that I definitely would not be taking them out as it was far too hot to be tramping around the promontory. Instead Pietro and mummy watched feeding time at the zoo. Especially interesting as it was ‘meat night’ so there was…

Not someone from the Godfather but I have been showering outside due to the lovely warm weather. I showered outside yesterday and today. I also washed outside this morning as it was so warm. At 09:00 it was nearly 30C! I was wondering if we’d make it to 30C today but we nearly made it…

Having said that I’d be happy for any customers to accompany me on my evening dog walk, I now have a new assistant. He’s very willing and able but only six and speaks Italian or German. I asked his father if he’d like to come with us hoping that perhaps the father would take half…

It seems that I have been on the go all day. A customer appeared at 08:15 wishing to pay his bill which interrupted my morning regime of plant watering and dog feeding. Fortunately Maria will be coming to the camping tomorrow and will be responsible for reception. Then there was the customer complaining about a…

At 08:15 I was called to reception where a family from Germany were waiting. We had an interesting conversation about dogs and then I showed them the campsite. The mother and little boy are Italian but they all live in Germany. They managed to get their van with the roof up under one of the…

As it’s 21:20 and I’ve only just sat down having finished putting he dogs to bed. Two more arrivals today and one departure tomorrow. Two Dutch vans arrived this morning and insisted on parking where they could use their satellite TV. I put them up with my Dutch neighbour Lau so they can all speak…

As it’s 21:20 and I’ve only just sat down having finished putting he dogs to bed. Two more arrivals today and one departure tomorrow. Two Dutch vans arrived this morning and insisted on parking where they could use their satellite TV. I put them up with my Dutch neighbour Lau so they can all speak…

It’s always dangerous to be good at something. Last year I quickly dismantled and cleaned the ice making machine in the room where the washing machine lives. Georgia appeared yesterday, as I was feeding the dogs, to ask if I would do it this year. It’s not a particularly difficult job. Just a matter of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZDsSnpYZrw Subtitles are available if you struggle with the dialogue. Just press the button if they are not already switched on. I hope you had a good meal with Gilly and Jeremy.… Read the rest

It seemed to be knee-deep in Albanians when I went for a shower just now. They were tarting themselves up for a night out on the town in Darkest Paleochora. This lot are much quieter than the ones last year who came back at silly o’clock with their little friends and their noisy cars. With…

Despite the forecast talking of mediocre temperatures in the mid-twenties, we made it to 29.2. Not quite 30C as I’d hoped but we’re getting closer. I looked in my bank account today to see £50 from you. Thank you very much! You may have noticed some photos uploaded this morning. I moved Charlie and Millie…

Another fine day with plenty of sunshine. There was a power cut for a couple of hours this morning. Nothing very unusual there although the service has been quite reliable lately. Somehow I got involved with helping Stavros take chairs, tables, benches and sun loungers out of the storeroom this morning. I knew that if…

We have as yet to make it to 30C but we managed 28.2C today. I chatted with Matthew this morning for a little while. We discussed his new venture which he is determined to get underway with maximum haste. There is a show at Laughton at the end of the month so he intends to…

The camping is now quieter as T1 and T3 are empty as the inhabitants left around lunchtime. Something to do with work and school they said when I spoke to them last evening. They come quite often as they are friends of Maria and Georgia. Their son came to walk the puppies with me one…