Month: October 2022

The first night after the hour change Sasha stayed in but Isabella and Obi remained outside. It was peaceful except that I woke up at 04:00 and got up at 04:30 as the dogs are not up for hour-change it would seem. I’d received a call from Denga as I hadn’t emailed her for directions…

With the clocks going back, there is always some doubt and confusion about the time particularly if you’ve just woken up and are deciding who you are, where you are and so on. Without having to be bothered with time. The dogs were raring to go at the usual time which was 05:05 in old…

Wind got up during the evening and night so we were greeted to a blustery start to the day although it wasn’t cold and the sky was clear and starry. I noticed the German motorhome has moved to the Promontory end of the beach car park. I should imagine it’s a lot more sheltered than…

To Ursula’s amusement, I enjoyed an episode of ‘The Waltons’. I still consider them a harmless and peaceful way to spend the evening. Before them it was Bosch, a maverick LA police detective, so plenty of the seedier side of California life. I finished off with a congenial episode of Yes Minister. The night passed…

The night was from beginning to end without interruption. The morning was warm, dark and windless as we strode towards the Promontory end. To prevent Obi from disappearing, I called him to me a few times during the walk so that we might all end up at the same place at the same time. Ursula…

It was a bit of an up-and-down sort of night for one reason or another. I plan to move the loo when I lurch into winter mode so can see that it needs to be in a more sheltered position. Then there was the arrival of my neighbour on his motorbike at 01:50 which caused…

Iera thought it a good idea to bark at or with Georgia’s dogs in the early hours of the morning. I woke up to hear a tirade of barking and tried to work out which dog was barking. Despite my polite request for her to stop, I had to get out of bed and go…

Fido was left outside at bedtime as he discovered the bone recently abandoned by Isabella. He didn’t respond when all but Obi were within so I left him outside to get on with it and face the consequences. It wasn’t cold. Just after midnight, he decided to come in at the same time as Sasha…

Sasha and Fido got me out of bed, Fido twice. Sasha remained outside until getting up time which turned out to be 05:30. A large, hairy dog was waiting patiently outside the gate. I heard barking in the night, which was probably her, but I thought it was the neighbour’s dog. The walk was under…

Bodie and Doyle amused me with another exciting episode of The Professionals. Even if the story may appear a little weak at times, I love to amuse myself recognising the cars in the inevitable street scenes and car-chases. The bad guys were in a Mk I Cortina, Triumph 2000 and a Jag Mk 10. They…

Sasha needed to go out around three-thirty so I leapt up to let her out of the van before leaping back under cover of my insect tent to avoid exsanguination. There was some wind as we crossed onto the road leading to the Promontory. I felt a certain chilliness too. The moon and stars were…

The day was heralded by the sound of the mosquitoes circling above me on the right side of the mosquito tent. There were too many to count. I’d been up around three to let Sasha out and narrowly avoided being turned into a meal by the masses circling above me. Both Skinny and Sasha went…

M Poirot solved an interesting case of a man who was murdered in a large chest. There were foils involved as well as Hercule dancing The Charleston with his dinner guest. He looked more than a little uncomfortable. I finish up my evening’s entertainment with an episode from Fawlty Towers. The dining room doors. I…

With strong gusts and raindrops flying past the reception cameras, my inclination to leave my pit evaporated. Even the dogs didn’t appear that interested. I spun it out and studied the forecasts so we were finally out around six. In a couple of weeks six will be five anyway. We walked the first walk and…

The wind abated in the evening so the night was calm as was the early morning. Just a light breeze and a few spots of rain as we walked to Plakaki and back. Miss Marple kept me amused for much of the evening as she solved the mystery of the stolen diamond. It turned out…

I eventually took eight dogs for a walk as both Sasha and Maya were up and eager. Perhaps not quite as active or as flexible as usual, but definitely up for some exercise. Rain was forecast for around six and we were not disappointed. Similar to the day before, just light rain and drizzle. There…

I lingered in my pit in the hope it might rain to give me an excuse not to get up to walk the dogs. Sadly, the rain came only once we were out. It was a gentle drizzle enough to make one wet but not enough to soak through the clothing. Even Luis kept with…

I humoured myself with more Lenny Henry then went to bed. I had to let Isabella out around three as she had more than just the fidgets and required to make a deposit. She remained outside as I went back to bed with no interesting in her coming back in. It seemed quite warm as…

I watched a couple of episodes of Lenny Henry as ’Chef’ in the series of that name. It really made me laugh! No drunken Poles in the night so a reasonably decent night’s sleep until Isabella et al got the fidgets approaching getting up time. I was reasonably well organised so we were out fairly…

The night was punctuated by racket from the group staying in the tents opposite the kitchen. Initially, they restricted their noise to the bar/restaurant areas but then moved further up the camping. They managed to annoy several customers and I was woken up more than once. I’m not sure where they came from but hopefully,…

We returned at around 21:45 from a pleasant meal at ThirdEye. Somewhat marred by 5€ on the bill for two bottles of water! The neighbour’s dog was vocal but made little noise during the night as far as I could tell. Only Sasha woofed a couple of times is response to pussy whining when I…

My anti-mosquito device was on ’hard suck’ when I went to bed in the hope that the insect population might be reduced. There had been a lot of buzzing around during the evening. I checked the outside of the mosquito tent when I woke up and there seemed to be fewer than on previous occasions.…

I watched an interesting documentary on the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s the replacement to the Hubble Space Telescope and uses Infrared technology which allows it to see back in time to the beginning of the Universe. I then retired to bed. A good collection of mosquitoes had been circling around all evening which was…

It took a little while to get organised as I’d left my torch outside so spent time looking for it, also, the collars were not well organised. It was a little blowy but not cold. Luis departed very early on and will be disappointed tomorrow morning when Heidi and Ursula will not be at the…

Even though I was in bed by ten, the night seemed quite short. It was blowy when I woke up but actually not that bad once out. It was warmer too. I mislaid Luis quite early on but I don’t think he caused any disturbance before meeting up with Ursula. Eleanor met up as we…

I managed to leave it until nearly bedtime before remembering to charge my phone, watch and head torch. In the end, I put my phone on a very old power bank to charge slowly all night. This meant I could read from my phone before falling asleep. The evening had been cool and the mosquitoes…

It was a blanket night to begin with however I didn’t need it later on. We were up before the alarm, for some reason, to find Iera outside the gate. Her presence was detected only after she’d been there a while. There was a brisk wind and it was cooler so I was pleased to…

I’m told there was a dog-event around 04:45 which might explain why I was awake before the alarm. I didn’t hear the event as I suspect it was Georgia’s dogs as we found Iera later on the Promontory. If she’d wandered into the camping in search of anything she could find, this may have caused…

Obi and Sasha had new batteries in their flashing lights so were easily identifiable as we wandered up towards the Promontorie’s end. Luis was picking up thorns and even Isabella hobbled over to me later on. We parked Luis in the same location and crossed the rocks. Iera was lurking in the beach car park…

Some Local Loonies with their hairdryers were abroad at silly o’clock making a racket on the Alonaki Beach Road. Fortunately, they were gone by the time we were out. Isabella swapped with Sasha to take the chair outside. Sasha loves to wag her tail at the slightest provocation hitting it against the hollow wooden door…

Another pussy event triggered Luis around 03:00 and I was too hot anyway. I got up and put the fan heater at the foot of my bed to blow cool air over me and thus I fell asleep until the alarm at 05:05. 1st October began warm with a gentile breeze enough to keep the…