Month: May 2020

A horrid racket started yesterday evening with an ad hoc setup somewhere on or near the Promontory. The music went on until at least 02:00 which was the last time I noticed. I expected to see lots of bodies on the Promontory but saw only cars and vans in the car park. I woke to…

The elephants were cavorting on the decking at 04:00 as it was a cooler night which probably made them wake up a little early. I’ve decided Skinny has become a bit of a softie so likes to come inside regardless of his previous lifestyle. There was no point in trying to go back to sleep…

I arose unenthusiastically as I was fast asleep when the alarm sounded so it took a few minutes to get my brain into gear. It was a little windy outside and there had been some rain which manifested itself by patterns on the sand and a small puddle on the tabletop lying across the roofs…

I was watching an episode of Luther which was interrupted due to WiFi problems so I decided to move the file to the computer rather than stream it from the NAS drive on the network. It was taking so long to download due to the crummy connection that I lost the will to live so…

Something caused Skinny to bark in the night and then leap over the van gate and out of the compound over the fence. I went back to sleep as I didn’t care: so long as he made his noise elsewhere, and I certainly wasn’t planning to run after him at some obscure time in the…

My day began at 04:00 as Skinny had the fidgets so was fooling with Isabella on the deck. The size of those two precludes any semblance of a delicate ballet especially early in the morning. I tried to ignore them and stuck it out until 04:30 when the alarm went off. Today’s walk was the…

I propped the kitchen window open with an empty Lyles Black treacle tin, as one does. It’s now possible to roll down the insect blind without impediment following my disposal/reorganisation/cleaning activity yesterday. The window has struts to hold it open but I’m not sure we need it that far open at this stage of the…

The day was a little early morning-heavy. There was only one group of FreeLoaders on the Promontory which I discovered once we’d left. They were nicely positioned out of the way facing east. We walked once around the Promontory and then proceeded down Alonáki Beach to the end and back again. Isabella and Luis were…

We walked up the road to the Promontory without Isabella as she was feeling under the weather and had been sick in the night. She very kindly warned me of the impending event so I was able to let her out so she was able to perform in a less inconvenient location. There’s nothing like…

I’ve been working on the cable from the van back to the storeroom for most of the afternoon. Fortunately, the going got easier and I was able to complete my excavations and install the new cable. For completeness, I wanted to connect the cable which required rejigging the shelves in the box which contains the…

After yesterday’s marathon, today’s walk was very restrained. The FreeLoaders had disappeared but left a plastic chair on the beach. I suspect the aforementioned was acquired from Ammos Beach Bar. There it will remain until someone purloins it. We did two walks as usual but the second was rather half-hearted as the three participants lacked…

I don’t know why I was so tired last night but I went to bed shortly after 21:45 and was asleep very quickly. I was listening to something interesting on DW as there is usually one of their documentaries on at that time of night. I can’t see it as the TV screen is switched…

It was a little cooler in the night but still nearly 22℃ at 04:30. I had another night with the fan and little mosquito annoyance. I passed the postman yesterday and asked if he had mail for Grammeno but he replied he had none. I’m still waiting for my anti-bug tent which I’m assured has…

Isabella and Skinny stayed in last night and until 02:50 all was quiet. Isabella was possessed by an urgent calling about that time so I let her out. Naturally, no sooner had she returned then Fido needed to go too. I went back to bed as I know how easily he gets distracted from the…

It was a little cooler this morning and Luis joined in only on the second walk with Skinny and Isabella. We didn’t walk quite so far as things were complicated due to bodies on the Big Beach who were presumably fishing. There were bodies also on Alonáki Beach who were definitely fishing. I made a…

There was some reason why I was awake at 04:00 but I forget what it was. I went to bed with only a sheet over me and a fan on all night. I did pull over a blanket later on as I couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed to turn off the fan!…

The night was quite warm even though the van door was open and I was just under a sheet. Completely under a sheet due to the mosquitoes buzzing around me despite the nightly cull before bedtime. Only Obi was outside as even Isabella decided she wanted to be inside for a change. Skinny managed to…

The night was quite chill, relatively speaking that is. I had to reach for a blanket at one point. I knew it would be chilly as water was dripping from the awning roof before bedtime. Warm, humid air meets cooler surface and all that Physics stuff to do with condensation. Luis joined us on the…

Men on my roof! Antonis and his sidekick aligning the frame which will hold my seven solar panels. I sent a text to Antonis early morning asking if we would be having an erection today. He replied soon after to say that he’d be along around 11:00. During my trip to Paleochora and Petrakis, I…

The first time out this season in short shorts for the Early Walk. I didn’t feel at all cold and any wind was warm anyway. I noticed how warm later, when out on my bike. The Early Walk followed the same pattern as yesterday covering 7.61km for Skinny and Isabella with the others covering a…

The moon was virtually overhead as we walked out this morning but it’s diminishing rapidly so I’ll need a torch again soon. The upside is that sunrise is now 06:23 so it’s starting to get light from around 05:45 depending on the cloud cover. It was hazy today so only a few stars and the…

Our Early Walk went a little over the top as I lost count of the number of circuits so we walked over 8km all told. Another aspect was that Skinny sprang his collar as I’d left him tied to some rocks whilst throwing Luis’ ball. He, quite innocently, wanted to charge after Isabella but reached…

The latest iteration of the Early Walk is to leave Luis behind and to take him out slightly later in the company of Skinny and Isabella. I found it so much easier to walk the others without Luis. It’s a little like driving a car with the handbrake left on! Yesterday, both Oskar and Luis…

Skinny is in the Dog House as he helped himself to the plastic container left to cool on the table last night. He’d munched his way through half of it, having already had a good helping earlier. He realised I was unhappy and he spent the night outside rather than in the van. Oskar and…

It’s full moon today so there was plenty of light first thing. Until the sky clouded over and the moon disappeared. There was an interesting phenomenon. As I looked at the sky I could see a shape very much as one might imagine for a flying saucer. If I were an adherent of the flying…

There was no stillness on our walk this morning so I was wondering if I might find myself a little under-dressed as I was wearing only a polo shirt and thin fleece on top but still heavy shorts. As it turned out, the westerly wind was persistent and cool but not too cold. We completed…

Antonis called yesterday evening to drop off Isabella’s special food and tell me that my metalwork will be delivered today or tomorrow. He called the number of the property up by the reservoir. There are 10 stremmata ( 10,000m2) which is huge. One plot is €70,000. Antonis tells me another reservoir is planned nearby and…

Last night’s viewing was Cracker (1993) solving his first case: the guy who was murdering young women on the train. Did we really have cars like that back then? Cracker was followed by Open All Hours (1976) with some even older cars! It was the episode where Arkwright leaves Granville in charge of the shop…

My efforts to cull the mosquitoes paid off since I was disturbed less than previously. I was still annoyed as soon as I put my head above the parapet to get dressed. The Early Walk was slightly different from the day before as Fido didn’t seem to be very active today so I demoted him…

Before going to bed I carried out a sweep over all the van in search of mosquitoes as I was determined to eliminate as many as possible. As soon as I started to read from my phone another appeared from nowhere but was soon dealt with. I knew I hadn’t got them all but had…

I was under only a sheet again last night and still pestered by Mosquitoes despite having a cull at bedtime. I must have terminated half-a-dozen minimum. I was a little chilly but failed to wake up enough to reach for the lighter fleecy blanket. It was a lovely morning with enough breeze to keep the…