Month: October 2017

Minnie and Heidi went on their last early morning walk on the Promontory. Heidi, until she returns to Grammeno, Minnie probably definitively. It was dark and windy with a few clouds to obscure the view of the stars. At one point there were very few stars left to view. Princess disappeared to bark at some…

Five was barking again at silly o’clock and I was considering getting out of bed to shut her up when there was the sound of rain on the van roof. The thought of plodding across the camping to Georgia’s house was bad enough but in the rain! Anyway, she shut up shortly afterwards. Back to…

With the clocks going back, this morning’s walk was at 04:30 (new time). For some at least. Sadly, Ursula had got her alarm in a muddle and set it one hour later rather than one hour earlier. As a consequence, I suddenly found I had an additional dog just as I was walking back along…

I was fast asleep when the alarm sounded this morning. Fortunately, my iPhone was nearby and my Apple watch was shaking my wrist off. I’m not saying I jumped out of bed as that might be an exaggeration. Much more organised, I was able to get out of the gate fifteen minutes after my alarm…

I slept very well but yesterday’s blog didn’t get underway. If you would like to read my revised blog, click here. The alarm sounded and I jumped out of bed. It was dark and windy but NOT raining. Hurrah! Disorganised, having not completed my daily routine, the dog leads were all over the place. Nothing…

Today is colder, wetter and windier than the proceeding ones. There was rain pattering on the roof as my alarm sounded this morning. A brief conflab with Ursula decided on a walk as the storms were either to the north, south or west. As it turned out, we remained dry as did the dogs. Later,…

3mm rain in the night but the dogs were dry this morning. As much fell during the day too. But not in Paleochora whilst we had lunch at The Third Eye restaurant. The morning walk was gloomy and damp but made more exciting by the distant lightning from south and west. I took the precaution…

Other than some rain in the first part of the night, it was quite calm. Boris was in the storeroom due to the likelihood of thunder and storm. Better to have him dancing around in the dry behind concrete walls than dancing around in the wet annoying everyone. Dave is pretty deaf so probably slept…

It has been warm and sunny all day however the threat of a storm has been with us for a  few days. Today’s maximum was 28.3C but it’s only 19.8C now. The morning walk was fine and not so cold as yesterday. We gazed at the stars and I have still not worked out if…

Despite the comfy Smelly Boris Bed, I was awoken at 04:00 by whining. Yes, it wasn’t warm but no, it wasn’t cold. I let it go for a while then got up to tell him to shut up. About two minutes later he was at it again so out with the hose. Silence but I…

There is supposed to be a meteor event close to Orion’s head for a couple of days around now. Despite spending time gazing into the morning sky, I saw nothing more than one meteorite fizzling through the atmosphere to its extinction. Ursula saw more than me when I went off to reacquire Princess and Luis…

Absolutely no moon today so Ursula was able to enjoy more time looking at the stars. Especially as I was up early due to Boris and his whining. A quick drench with the hose persuaded him to retire to his Boris mansion so that I could go back to sleep. As it turned out, I…

The lovely Minnie woke me up around 03:00 barking in response to Micky’s bark from afar. Boris decided to whine later so received a cold shower from the hose. Blissful silence followed the dousing. I went back to sleep and slept through my alarm not waking up until 05:40! My arrival at the end of…

Only a vestige of a moon appeared in the sky at 06:00 on this cool October morning. Venus was already with us: shining brightly. It was a most impressive sky with the sun’s rays illuminating only 1% of the moon but with the outline of the disc easily visible. The New moon will be with…

A longer night’s sleep as I was in bed by 22:00. Making up for the time changes and truncated night previously. Blustery and certainly not warm, we were out for two hours today. Boris still has plenty of enthusiasm for his ball but was not concerned about coming with us this evening. The moon is…

Antonis picked me up as promised and we had a pleasant drive back to Grammeno collecting a little bird on the way. The aforementioned was wandering lonely as a cloud in the middle of the road so Antonis picked it up to deposit it to a place of safety. At which point the small bird…

Blog posted and out of bed for some breakfast. Helen, Pooh and Del left for Southampton as Del was collecting a car from Alcatraz. Helen and Pooh headed further west. I went to LBS to finish off the UPS installation after collecting my MacBook from Apple in Brighton. My Exercise Ring was complète quickly after…

It was dark when i woke up and the stove was out. I got up to find my iPad and write my blog. It was still pleasantly warm in the shepherd’s hut as I continued with Terry’s laptop and blogged. As it got lighter I got up and cleared away the bed and put my…

The morning was spent mostly fiddling with Terry’s new Surface Pro laptop. It was supplied with Windows 10S. A version of Windows which allows only for apps from the Windows store to be installed. It was therefore necessary to install 10 Pro in order to do anything useful. Needless to say the hard disk was…

Up and off to Hindhead after some breakfast and a quick visit to Screwfix for a punchdown tool for Rodney’s telephone points. A soggy and grey trip to see Jo in Crossways Road under an forbidding sky. Jo was looking good and we spent the morning drinking coffee and chatting in her sitting room. Later,…

Day two of my ‘holiday’ started bright and early as I was up before the lark and off to park over by Homebase as I followed Eleanor off the drive as she left for work. Straight to Cook and Mike’s office to setup the new Dell server. Not a difficult job as Windows Server 2016…

Having eventually got to bed around 05:00, I managed to sleep for a while but was still up early. I got up and went to Tesco to pick up some bits. The car was parked by Homebase as I can get 24 hours for £1.50. I walked to Lewes station to collect my tickets and…

I was woken up good and early by Boris whining and then Five barking. Boris didn’t whine much but I was half-awake anyway. Five was making a lot of noise so I got out of bed to make sure it was really her before calling Maria to inform her. I called Maria just after 05:00.…

As I wandered out across the field with the dogs early this morning I could make out the glinting silhouette of the Mad Max Motorhome (3M) parked in the same location as previously. In my backpack, I was carrying my drone as I hoped it would be no wind and I would be able to…

The night was not too peaceful. Minnie woke me up around 02:00 by barking in response to Mickey who was somewhere near the beach. I asked her politely to go back to sleep which she did. Later, around 04:00, it was the turn of Five to make a racket which she succeeded in doing for over…

The night was peaceful and warm with only a limited Boris Serenade before getting up time. The French went to bed early as they were going to be up and off around 08:00 as is their habit. Off for another day of shaking their brains out as they plough along dusty Cretan tracks. It takes…

The Boris Serenade began at 03:45 today. I am going to give him camomile tea and a pair of slippers so that he wakes up later. I politely advised him to go back into his house and to chill out until at least 05:30! He obliged so it was only the mosquito whining over my head…

Welded to my pit until 05:30! Even though I was awake on and off, well before 05:15, thanks to whining Boris, I ignored my vibrating wrist and waited for the audible alarm. It was blowing again so a light windproof coat was required. It was dark again as the moon has not yet graced us…

The wind blew through the night and was still going strong when I got out of bed at 05:15. Not the most prepossessing experience at that time of the morning but needs must when there are ten dogs ready for their walk. That said, number ten hit the rush-hour traffic so didn’t join us until…

No noises from Boris until 05:15. He can’t have heard my alarm as the audible one does not go off until 05:30 when we are usually well on our way. My vibrating watch alarm alerted me that it was time to wake up even though I was already awake. He maybe has a clock in…