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 pattered down just as I was going to sleep which was relaxing and soporific. There was a little more rain after midnight at 01:00 and 05:00 but none whilst we were out walking.
At some point in the night, Luis decided to have a row with Oskar and, despite my calls to shut up, continued. I got out of my bed, applied a collar to Luis and ejected him from the van out onto the decking. It must have been a surprise for Obi, who was sleeping on the decking opposite the door, to find Luis hurtling towards him through the darkness. I was awakened some while later by Luis scratching apologetically at the door so I relented and let him in. The night remained silent.
There were a few clouds and I decided the waves might still be crossing the causeway so I opted for a safer route the first time around the Promontory.
The sea had been busy remodelling Alonáki Beach but at least we were able to cross both rivers with dry feet. The dogs enjoyed the mud and paddled around as you’d expect.
On the way back, I received a message from Samuel requesting the washing machine but as it was only 08:05 I told him he’d have to wait until 08:45 by which time we’d be back and the dogs fed.
I went over to the washing machine and got the hot water boiler going again whilst awaiting the arrival of Samuel. He had deposited his wash at the door but I waited for him to put it in the machine. I don’t mind taking it out but it’s good for the punters to put their washing in!
I prepared my breakfast and released the dogs from their collars. There was a great deal of cloud and even a little rain before the sky cleared and bright sunlight prevailed.
The remainder of the morning was taken up with returning Samuel’s washing and reading the newspapers. I found time to look at a couple of YouTube videos too.
I walked up to the office to check for mail as there are a couple of punters expecting letters or packages. I then went down to the beach where I met up with IZO who was particularly friendly and required a lot of petting. He eventually moved onto pastures new and was replaced by the brother of the soppy pussy who loves to be picked up and petted. The brother is generally less inclined to look for attention but this time made himself very comfortable on my lap as I lounged on a sunbed to admire the waves and the sky. He was a little disturbed by a man walking his dog along the shoreline however they were attached to each other.
Time passed and I received a message from Samuel who was trying to repair the gas ring in his van. The previous owner had cobbled together a silicone ring to prevent the gas from escaping from under the flame spreader and burner. Apparently, this was broken on one of the gas rings. I brought him a ring of suitable dimensions but then suggested he might just seal it down on some baking paper which I reckoned might be sufficiently heat-resistant. On reflection, I would not expect to find a gasket in this situation and suspect the burners are not jetted correctly which is allowing too much gas through into the spreader. Samuel’s van is about the same vintage as mine and has some similar components. They built them to last in those days and you could actually fix things!
It was getting near dog-walking time as the sun was nearly setting. I aimed to go later as there are more people about due to the holidays. I successfully managed to steer the dogs away from a group of four walking up the beach road so we were able to cross the beach to walk the shoreline towards Plakáki. It was then the man in the mask appeared. He seemed to like being with the dogs so we chatted and walked along to Plakáki and back together. Following the initial excitement of meeting someone new, the dogs did their best to show him how well behaved they could be. The guy is studying final year physics and maths at university remotely due to the pandemic. He says her prefers to work this way as it’s more flexible. It was quite dark as we reached our separation point where we continued to walk the Promontory and he branched off to go home somewhere in Grammeno.
We met no one on the Promontory and returned uneventfully to the camping for some Doggy Dinners. It was an almost full moon so quite enchanting when the clouds were out of the way. I’m sitting outside even though most of the dogs are probably in the van. My grub is now hopefully ready. Lots of beans so there may be galeforce winds tomorrow.
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