Month: July 2019

The roaming dog from yesterday evening may have been wandering the site yesterday night. I suspect it may have something to do with the people who were sleeping on sun loungers on Grammeno Beach last night. They and the dog were still snoring away as I went for my morning wallow in the sea. This,…

There was a brisk, cool breeze as we wandered our merry way around the promontory. In the distance, the lights of Paleochora and Kountoura appeared brighter due to the failing moonlight. Tomorrow will see the last of the usable moonlight and I’ll just follow the dogs until First Light comes. They are much better equipped…

The Swiss children were about when we returned from the Evening Walk. They were pleased to pet the dogs for a few minutes but I could see they were tired after a day on the beach and it was getting dark anyway. We left as the dogs were quite keen to get their food as…

A little late getting up this morning as I inadvertently altered my alarm time by a few minutes. My guilty sub-conscious and the fidgeting dogs took over so it was only a few minutes. We’d scoped out the FreeLoaders the previous evening so their locations were noted. Contrary to my concerns, there were no leftover…

Another cool morning with a northerly breeze which made the Early Walk wonderfully easy: even for Luis. I changed the walk once again by adding another lap to compensate for a run-free weekend. SBD has so much energy that three laps doesn’t do it for him, not that four does either but at least he…

Kostas was hard at work as we wandered up the Promontory. His Jeep was parked in its usual spot and I could see his headtorch bobbing about as he collected salt. I said good morning but the sound of the sea drowned me out. We walked about in the moonlight. It’s the final quarter so…

The Early Walk was cool but not as rapid as I might have hoped. General lethargy had set in so it was quite slow going at times. SBD and Skinny are trying to get ahead and sometimes Obi but then Fido and Oskar just want to dilly-dally. As for Luis, say no more! We survived…

It was 28℃ in the night so I woke up feeling hot and sticky a couple of times. I was pleased to get up and out as at least there was a westerly breeze. The Early walk included everyone again and with an absence of FreeLoaders, it was fairly straightforward. We didn’t see Kostas today…

Or RUD event = It blew up! I just love this expression so wanted to share it. Early to bed last night with an undisturbed night. Charlie chose to spend the night outside in the second-largest house. The others, except Obi, had no option but to be inside or locked in. I was awake a…

No fireworks, alarms, powercuts or barking. A completely peaceful night without interruption until my alarm at 04:30. I was quite busy before my alarm so I suppose it wasn’t totally without interruption. And that was a sleep-induced business. It was a little windy and warm as we set off across the field at 04:46. The…

Some plonker let off a loud firework of some description which awakened all but the dead on the camping. As expected, every dog in Grammeno, Kountoura and Paleochora was barking loudly. The pyrotechnic outburst lasted probably less than one minute and, having settled the dogs, I was asleep again almost immediately. There was a cool…

A cool morning following a restless night. I was woken by SBD barking at something. I don’t know what it was and probably, neither did he. But he stopped barking when asked which saved me from getting out of bed to emphasise the point. It was the turn of Skinny at 04:00. I think there…

We have close northerly neighbours again however they are not as intrusive as the previous ones. They are also not so near. The bikers, other than playing rock music, talked quite loudly and Germanically. The latest are quieter and probably Greek although I’ve not enquired. The day started nicely with Skinny sitting [almost] calmly whilst…

No alarms, no power outages, no dogs squeaking just a good, solid night’s sleep! I did wake up ten minutes earlier than my alarm so could relax decadently for a while. Skinny was waiting for me outside the door so was as bouncy as usual. IT’s not such a big deal now that our Germanic…

Fortunately, the power outage and the UPS woke me so I was able to bring in the things which were getting wet. There was no sign of Skinny who’d taken himself off under the decking which he seemed to prefer to the decking itself. Presumably to join Obi who spends quite a bit of time…

No alarms just late to bed last night as I was waiting for the washing machine to end. When I tried to use it earlier, I found someone had beaten me to it so needed to wait until theirs had finished. I can’t understand people who do their washing late at night! I usually do…

I did wake up a couple of times in the night but that was for other reasons. We were out a little earlier than usual and had a modified Early Walk. We did only three circuits of the Promontory and then went home. After that, I took SBD and Skinny out again and did another…

This time it was at 04:00 and the UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) which helps to protect my electrical equipment form the dodgy mains. When the Grid power goes off, it also goes off to warn you. It started beeping at me at 04:00 so I jumped out of bed and pressed the button. Skinny, who…

The poo tank alarm disturbed my blissful slumbers somewhen between 01:00-02:00. I dragged on some shorts then went to investigate. It was indeed in full song so I unplugged the pump and associated flashing bacon and siren before returning to bed. I felt selfish so shared my experience with Maria who was delighted to receive…

He was in his cage before I got to him but I gave him his reward biscuits anyway. What a good boy and not a sound during the night. Except for Skinny who started barking at some rather strident distant voices. I was not really awake so have little idea where the voices originated. There…

It was hot the previous evening so I had the small fan going as I ate my meal and watched another episode of Killing Eve. At bedtime, I took the fan inside the van so that I could have it blowing over me during the night. Two benefits of this: keeping cool and keeping the…

I decided preemptive action was necessary with SBD so went into his compound just before I went to bed. last night Whereupon he promptly disappeared into his house without me having to do anything other than shutting the door after him! Result! We struggled around the Early Walk as well as the Evening Walk. I…

Mr Yappy started making noises just as I was going to bed but then I hoped he might stop. Wrong! So I had to get out of bed to put him in his house. I suspect he actually wants to be put in his house in a sort of masochistic way. Peace resumed until my…

As I’m sure you know, New Democracy, the conservative centrist part won the election and have a decent majority in parliament. It appears that Mr Varoufakis’ new party did better than expected ending up with around five seats. Golden Dawn didn’t manage to get the 3% required so received no seats at all. They say…

It was one year ago today that Boris passed away. Boris 2004 – 2018 There was no excessive barking from SBD in the night so he may have grasped the correlation between barking and getting locked in a cage. We went out at about the usual time and had an enjoyable walk. Kostas was not…

Maria asked me if I’d hold the fort in the office tomorrow whilst she goes to vote in the General Election. She offered me a morning or evening slot. As I thought there might be more departures than arrivals, I chose the evening slot. It’s also defined as she might disappear for the whole day…

Today’s high is 39ºC so the hottest day for this year. The temperature under the awning made it to 39.9ºC so it felt a little close. It’s July so it’s hot. Just the way it is. Last night, a certain SBD started up his racket just as I was putting the others to bed. He…

And a Happy Independence Day too. Only another ten days and it’s Bastille Day in France. So many celebrations. A certain SmallBlackDog is feeling more at home so exercised his voice a little in the night. When he heard me getting up to go to him he decided perhaps he’d be better off shutting up.…

I had a trip to Paleochora this morning in search of food so have an update on the progress of the construction. Some of the curbs are down and there were men with surveying equipment wandering around looking busy. The road is still a nightmare with plenty of dust and potholes despite the bowser spreading…

Poor Skinny is out for the count. As I mentioned yesterday, I’d keep Skinny on the lead then take him on an enforced run with me. Just to cut out the running away bit then not coming back at the end of the walk. I tied him to his long lead as I got ready…

One of the staff has a dog which ‘somehow’ seems allowed to wander the camping at will. It’s a very nice dog but it sends Luis into an advanced state of excitement which leads to him being tied up for the evening. Good for me as he’s going to most likely end up there anyway…