Month: December 2020

The day started with Isabella wanting to go out but I was awake anyway. Skinny decided to join Isabella so at least I didn’t have them trying to climb into bed with me. Everything was fine until Skinny had the urge to bark at the big ginger cat which seems to have adopted me. He…

I needed to send Luis out for growling at Oskar and refusing to stop. He was ejected less vigorously than the last time but still made to wear a collar. Fido joined him later as I didn’t wait around for him to come back from his wee. He and Luis probably snuggled up together on…

None of the dogs got me up during the night so my brain decided I should wake up at 04:55 instead. I was a little warm so threw off the additional fleecy blanket I needed at bedtime. We have not arrived at duvet weather and it’s still packed away in its plastic vacuum bag. We…

I had a little comedy evening with ‘Alló ‘Alló and Open All Hours together with an episode of The Good Doctor between them. René dies for France and, if memory serves, will reappear as his twin brother in the fullness of time. There was more rain after bedtime with yesterday’s total reaching 11.7mm. The rain…

Dr Finlay and his young partner had to deal with the suicide of a railway worker who’d been assaulted by his overbearing father-in-law and was struggling with his neurotic wife. Janet was arranging for Dr Cameron to have a lady in to set up his new home and to cook for him. The nurse who…

The night was warm, too warm at times. I’d baked some bread during the evening so there was no need for any heating. The warmth lingered but it was warm outside too. There was a great deal of darkness early on due to the mass of clouds but it was warm and there was no…

I was quite late to bed as it was gone 22:00! Fido got me up despite going out for a wee at bedtime so I left him outside but he paid me back by barking and waking me up later. My phone asked me if I really wanted to get up at 06:25 on Christmas…

Fido had to go out despite me chucking him and Isabella out to wee at bedtime. I decided to get up at 06:15 as the plan was to go shopping. The temperature was 9.3C which I think is the lowest for this winter so far. It was a brisk morning by Crete standards. We walked…

I may have mentioned that I hoped Isabella would not find and eat my freshly-cooked beetroot. Ha, fat chance! They were gone and the plastic container where they were resting was on the floor. My silly mistake so my bad luck. I did tell her off a little bit by poking the plastic box into…

I was feeling particularly lazy today so was still in bed after 06:30. Perhaps the Holiday Mood has taken over? It was after 07:00 when we walked down towards the Promontory. The motorhome which has been staying for the past few nights was still there with chairs and footwear outside. We passed unnoticed. We were…

Earlier this morning, Jim died peacefully at the nursing home in Seaford. His quality of life had seriously deteriorated and he hadn’t been enjoying it for a long time. At ninety-three years and four months he’d had a good innings. He always hated the winter which I think depressed him as it does me. Dying…

The first episode of The Durrells puts them firmly on Corfu and set the scene for things to come. I’m watching the ITV series which I’ve not seen before. I read the book whilst in Tólo in 1973 and I’ve seen one of the films. There is more than one film as there is a…

Charlie and Fido went for a wander in the night but returned quickly. Isabella was a good girl and went for her wee before bed! Our Early Walk was uneventful and consisted of two tours of The Promontory with a walk to the end of the beaches in the middle. This is the first river…

I was in France with the Resistance who were ferrying fliers across the border into Spain. The Luftwaffe police officer was trying to discover part of the pipeline by reconstructing information from an article written by an American flyer who was repatriated by the same pipeline. Alas he didn’t disguise the location well enough by…

Isabella wanted to go out around 05:00 but fortunately elected to stay out. Luis heard cat-noises outside at 05:30 so started barking. The young female cat was under the awning trying to get my attention. Only Obi and Isabella were outside and they’re ok with the cats. We were crossing the field at 06:45 just…

Isabella needed to go out at some silly hour and I was awake early but disinclined to go walkabout in the dark. We finally made it out around 06:45 to see the dawn. It was a beautiful morning with fewer clouds than recently also the sea was a lot calmer so we could cross the…

With the promise of showers, I was not eager to leap from my bed first thing so waited for Isabella to welcome me to the day around 06:20. It didn’t rain although the sky was pretty grey and miserable as we set off. I didn’t need my torch as we made our way to the…

The van was full of wet dogs when I went in to eat my supper. Even Obi was inside so it must have been cold! He elected to go outside once he was warmer and drier. It takes a very cold night for him to stay inside. I tried the bread. It was certainly not…

Tricky-woo spent several days with Uncle Herriot roughing it with the other dogs much to the dismay of Mrs Pumphrey. The vets were rewarded with a splendid hamper of goodies from Fortnum’s. James meets Helen whilst tending to a calf with a broken leg. Apparently, one of the dogs which appears in the episodes belonged…

I might have drifted off for a few moments during Perry Mason but I found out who dunnit which was the main thing. I turned on the gas heater as the batteries were getting low so the fan heater would have finished them off. The gas heater is nothing like as efficient as the fan…

I put some heat on last night as I ate my meal and enjoyed another episode of Secret Army. I can foresee some romantic involvement which I suspect will end badly for the participants. The heat wasn’t on longer than necessary as I didn’t know if there would be any sun the next day to…

Dr Cameron is retiring leaving Dr Finlay with his young partner to run the practice in Tannochbrae. The Government intends to introduce a health service available to everyone which Dr Finlay supports to the derision of some of his colleagues. The young partner saves the life of a little girl whose more experienced doctor had…

The alarm is now set to wake me at 05:55 as there seemed to be little point in waking up at 05:30 to set another alarm for 05:55. Isabella was quite calmly lying down when I opened the van door but was happy to follow me out as she needed a wee I suspect. The…

We loafed in bed until 06:00 as there had been rain and I felt there might be more. The promontory walk was windless and with only six dogs as Obi’d decided to absent himself. We didn’t get too far along Alonáki Beach as the way was blocked by the water crossing the beach from the…

The forecast predicted rain and a thunderstorm at 08:00 with a possibility of rain earlier. I felt it would be an idea to get out whilst the going was good so we set off at 05:58 for the first Promontory circuit. There was a stiff easterly wind so it was possible to cross the rocks…

I loafed in bed until nearly 06:00! I’d left my glasses by the sink as they were so dirty I washed them but didn’t remember until I was already in bed. I just couldn’t be bothered to crawl out from under the insect net to get my glasses, wet them again and dry them off.…

I’d put some washing in the machine for Marie-Christine which I said would be delivered at 06:00. Isabella and I went out of the van so that she could say good morning to Obi, who prefers to sleep outside. I slipped off into the darkness to feed cats then collect the washing and drop it…

I didn’t realise Isabella was still inside until her great paws plonked down on the side of my bed telling me it was time to get up. She sat quietly as I got dressed then we went outside. It had been raining as witnessed by the amount of water on the decking and the general…

Our lockdown has been officially extended until 14 December. There are still nearly 2,000 new cases each day so I suspect the hospitals are unable to cope with seriously affected patients. More rain fell during the night and it was darker than usual due to the clouds. We left later to give the rain a…

So far, 13.7mm of rain has fallen since midnight although, after a rainy start, the sun shone through and it was even warm enough for me to dip my toes into the sea! The sound of the rain on the metal roof above woke me up and it wasn’t over by the usual getting-up time…

The final tally on the rain yesterday was 8.9mm. Soon after I posted my blog, the rain became more determined and continued for a while. My viewing included Scott and Bailey which was quite exciting, No Limit, a French action series and some ancient Perry Mason. I wasn’t late to bed as I was falling…