Month: July 2022

Stillness prevailed as my brain connected itself to the day. One of those ’carry your shirt’ days. It was busy with several tents along the beach road and a number of vehicles of different sizes. Some which’ve been there a while and others which appear to come for the weekend. There were some cars in…

A couple of days ago I noticed a poster advertising the Ammos Beach Party on 29 July. In the past, these events have taken place on a Sunday afternoon and have involved the kind of music which drills through your head. I’m pleased to report that the party went quite well, but obviously noisily and…

For a change, at least from the past couple of days, it was windy and not particularly warm first thing. I put on my shirt which I didn’t take off until I went in the sea later. A pickup appeared in the beach car park as we returned from our trek to Plakaki. Only five…

A Swiss car was in the beach car park and we later discovered a tent pitched at the end of the Big Beach near the Rock. I guessed the approximate location when Isabella barked provoking a doggy response from that direction. I avoided the Big Beach until it was just the two females. Otherwise, the…

For a change, the evening was cool so I sat inside and watched a couple of things including the episode of Dad’s Army where it’s discovered that Godfrey won the Military Medal in the Somme having admitted previously he was a conscientious objector. The medal was an award for tending to injured men under heavy…

I was pleased it was breezy as the nighttime temperature hovered once again just above 30ºC. Thankfully, my fan was keeping me well-ventilated and at a reasonable temperature. A few motorhomes and other vehicles have reappeared since the weekend, there was one car in the car park but I think that belonged to a fisherperson.…

The Crazy Tooth Doctor visits Grammeno several times a year including early in the season. I first encountered him because he was using the side of Janne’s trailer to project a TV show for his children. He and his family are here on holiday for a couple of weeks so his children are enjoying their…

My fan kept the temperature reasonable throughout the night even though it was only just under 30ºC much of the time. There was some wind as we walked but it became stronger over time. Lots of people were scattered about on the beach, in vans, hammocks and tents. One of the vans had a dog…

For the first night, I put the small fan, used for heating during the winter, under my insect net to give me some extra cooling and ventilation in bed. The idea is to draw air in through the open window and circulate it around my bedchamber. I felt the fan heater might fall over during…

I managed to get to bed before falling asleep. Vincent had kept me awake with the excitement of an investigation into multiple murders. I’d not long been in bed when Sasha discovered something to bark at outside so I quickly explained this wasn’t a good idea. The morning appeared dark, reasonably calm and at a…

I found myself asleep in front of the black screen which hadn’t been active for sometime. Probably due to the excitement of watching Simon Templar’s latest defeat of the forces of evil. I was planning some kind of action but managed to fall asleep before actually achieving it. The time was 22:15 so I took…

I didn’t fancy sitting outside longer than necessary once the sun went behind the workshop. I went inside to watch TV and even closed the roof vent having turned off the larger of the two fans! When I went to bed I actually got under a sheet. It seems autumn has skipped ahead of summer…

Just for a change, it had been windy during the night so I was looking forward to seeing how much windier it would be out on The Promontory. I was not disappointed as it was quite interesting traversing the rocks on the way back towards the beach and Plakaki. We’d been joined by Iera as…

The wind blew all night but became more apparent once we were walking down towards the Promontory although, once there, it was sheltered. Only one car was in the car park, no FreeLoaders were discovered on the Promontory and two of the three vans from yesterday remained. The Italians and the French. I said the…

The night was hot, Luis had the fidgets and the neighbours were having an enjoyable evening. The last two conditions were contributory. I’d retired to bed around ten as I felt tired despite my generally languid state during the day. The alarm woke me at 05:25 and we were out of the gate soon after.…

In bed by ten again as I didn’t think I’d get to the end of Perry Mason’s investigation before felling asleep. I’d been for a shower which is always a great precursor to a quick sendoff. Fido was squeaking by the door just after five so I used that as my cue to get the…

I started to watch George Gently but was called away to look at a disconnected till in the bar. It was the restaurant till which had not been transmitting information to the government facility for some while due to not having been plugged into the switch. A certain amount of rearranging of items behind the…

I was tired so I was early to bed. Hopefully all this sleeping is helping with the repair job. Fanis tells me he’s much better, still testing positive but back at work with a mask. With the morning came calm and warmth as well as a full moon. We were alone on the Promontory until…

There was a disturbance in the Force which caused some doggy excitement very early in the morning: possibly something to do with cats. I was up soon after the alarm and it didn’t appear to take so long to get the dogs up and running today. Luis even managed to stay with us for the…

Crisis for Luis in the night as he needed to go out twice for urgent gastric emergencies. Unlike Fido, who usually just wishes to go for a wander, Luis had a real need. Despite these interruptions my slumbers were not significantly disturbed. It seemed a little darker as we walked across the field. I’d made…

I watched the second episode of an Apple TV series and then went to bed. It wasn’t as warm as recently which was a pleasant relief. My plan was to ride to Kantanos to the clinic to get the stitches removed from above my right eye. I wanted to leave the camping by eight as…

The neighbours woke me briefly around 01:45 but then I should imagine we woke them briefly around 05:45. They were enjoying a typical friends get-to-gether and evening meal as I wandered past from the loo. I was soon to go to bed: they were just getting going. The north wind provided a chilliness to the…

Unsurprisingly, no storm came so we were able to sleep soundly in our beds. There were some interesting clouds earlier however they passed harmless over and went to annoy people in other parts of the island. Apparently, it rained in Rethymno. It was very still initially and also quite light. I’d intended getting up a…

We managed to go a little further on the Early Walks and to get in a swim, for me and Isabella at least. Sasha and some of the others had been in earlier. It was just getting light and there was no one around so walking up to Plakaki and back was uninterrupted. There is…

I tried out one of the Balance goodnight stories at bedtime. Ofosu was only just getting going and I lost interest almost immediately. It definitely worked for me! I had a fan on during the night to keep my sleeping temperature down. The thought of sleeping in a hammock at present doesn’t excite me. We…

Later out of bed but a more adventurous walk all the way to Plakaki and back although not round the Promontory again. With a later start and longer walk, the sun is up and the second walk is quite warm even though I decided to bathe near the end. My cuts and grazes were given…

I fed the dogs and fiddled around during the cool part of the day then retired to bed where I was soon asleep. Surprising really considering how long I’d slept during the day and how little I’d done. I admit I’m much more of a morning than an evening person and flag as the day…

I didn’t rush out of bed as I had no appointments so could leave the early walk until it got light around six. We were back after seven. It was still very windy and not very pleasant. I wandered around the camping seeing people and thanking them for their help the day before. Particularly Maria…

The day started off well enough as I had a meeting in Paleochora with a lady with a laptop so I wanted to get on. Our Early Walk was reasonable and without difficulty other than the windy conditions which made walking more challenging. We followed to road to Plakaki and back then got blown over…

Fido needed to exit in the night so I went back to bed and left the gate open. Later, Sasha woofed at something so I hissed at her to be quiet calling for Fido at the same time. I decided he could stay outside so closed the gate. As I was putting on the collars…

It was very warm in the night so I might have been better off outside in my hammock after all. A substantial breeze got up as we wandered towards the promontory and over the rocks. The wind removed any desire to remove upper garments although I considered bathing at one point. There were no FreeLoaders…