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 emerged to another cloudy morning that looked like rain contrary to the weather forecast. We headed around the Promontory and then up to Plakaki where one of their dogs came out and made a nuisance of itself while we were peacefully passing. A couple of the burly inmates came out to removed the mutt and take it inside.
We made it to the end of the beaches having passed a couple of maggot-drowners on the way. On the way back I decided to give Plakaki a wide berth in case their mutt was still around. The problem there is that the easiest route past forces a close proximity to the buildings which encourages aforementioned mutt to come out. Another concern with walking past Plakaki is that the beach is very close to the road which wasn’t a problem when it was undergoing improvements. Now, the traffic hurtles past and we had an incident of a cat running across the road followed by Luis not so long ago. I may rethink my strategy in light of this most recent intrusion. The inmates of Plakaki are pretty thick so unlikely to remember or bother to keep the mutt indoors.
We did another tour of the Promontory and back to the camping. Soon after, the unplanned rain began to fall with a total of 1.4mm. The sky had been darkening progressively and we’d stood at the end of the Promontory watching rain fall over the sea in the distance.
I was sidetracked so breakfast was late again and more like brunch. I’d made dough which didn’t rise that much so I’d kept it until morning. One came out reasonably however, the other was past its prime so looks like naan bread.
The afternoon brought a support call from Simon which required setting up iTunes on his laptop so as to backup his iPhone. Later, I went to see Nikos to give him the electric drill and bits so he can molest his van a little more.
Achim has received the part to repair his van and the mechanic came to the camping to take a look at it, tow it to his workshop and fix it. Now mobile, he plans to spend a couple of days at Elafonissi then rent an apartment for a few weeks. I think he and his wife are fed up living in a small van in winter. I’ve mentioned that it’s been very mild so far.
I went for a solar-powered shower before taking the dogs out on a prolonged nighttime ramble on the Promontory. They had plenty of time for sniffing and peeing as we wandered about aimlessly and admired the sea, the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and listened to the waves on the rocks. The moon was very strong when it came out from behind the clouds.
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