Skinny was good to go at 03:00 when I woke up for some reason. I only have to move around and he’s standing next to my bed with his paws up on the edge. I’m just glad I have a bed which is up high otherwise I might wake up to find him snuggled up next to me. Isabella was also in last night so it wasn’t long before the two of them were trying to get me out of bed. I mentioned I had another ninety minutes of sleep allowance to spend and they should go back to sleep too.

We were up at 04:30 and on the way across the field just after 04:45. It was a clear morning but not warm. Everyone came for the first walk although I parked Oskar and Luis after the first complete circuit. I continued circuits of the Promontory with the others then we were back in the camping by 06:15. I left Luis and Fido attached to the fence and Skinny and Isabella were by the gate. The other three went into the van to listen to some music on the radio.

The five of us set off towards the valley and the river bed. It was a little later than I would have wished and I’m not sure how that came about. I released Luis and Fido once we were on the river bed then Isabella later. The two Brown Dogs seemed to enjoy themselves as it was all new to Fido anyway. There were no mishaps and Isabella is getting the hang of the collar and managing to do the right thing so that I don’t have to tell her. Interesting really.

The return leg of the walk was more complicated than I’d planned. I wanted to go down the riverbed to the sea then along the shore. That way, the dogs can be off the lead all of the way back to the camping. As we followed the river on the east path a large mechanical excavator started up and trundled down to the river bed to load a tipper truck parked on the west bank. The excavator was across the river bed leaving little space so I would had to have put the dogs on the lead anyway. The machine was extremely noisy too. We walked down the road where a huge road roller was manoeuvring itself prior to rolling the edge of the road. We had to wait as the machine completely blocked the road. The driver sorted himself out and we were able to pass the very noisy machine. We eventually found the pavement/cycleway and were able to follow that for the sections so far completed. We then headed south towards the sea and the road west parallel to Alonáki Beach back to the field and into the compound. The second walk turned out to be 6.23km and about ninety minutes long.

I put Luis, Skinny and Fido into the van and set off on my bike to Krios for a quick spin there and back. I didn’t see Gregor and his dogs so came immediately back. I felt I’d had enough exercise by now and it was a little chilly still.

Once back, I fed the dogs putting Oskar and Charlie into the SDC as they were a little tiresome yesterday. I also fixed the hole in the fence which enabled Charlie to break out of the SDC into the main compound. Not a problem, more just annoying.

With breakfast out of the way and Luis tied to the kitchen unit, I got on with some work. I’ve been busy most of the day in one way or another. One task was to sweep, vacuum and swab out the van. I took the vacuum to all the various freeloading spiders and their webs as I still have plenty of mosquitoes so they’re just not up to the job. My fan-driven trap had a good haul of corpses this morning although I’m not sure when it was last emptied.

The day has been warm and sunny with a high of 25.7℃ although there’s been a gusty and chilly WNW wind. Strange for the time of the year.

I’ve just had a video conference with Simon Lawrence as he has several sessions over the next couple of weeks. His equipment was working as expected.

The dogs have been fooling around on the decking. Luis, Skinny and Isabella were having great fun. Eventually, Isabella and Skinny had had enough at which point Luis, who’d only recently been released from bondage, went over to the gate to find something or someone to bark at. He is now in the van waiting for me to join him as my supper is now ready.