Simon Templar was involved in a very complicated situation involving a dying millionaire and cryogenics. Simon didn’t get frozen as expected.
I then had a shower and went to bed. Job done!
There was a gentle breeze to confuse the mosquitoes but the moon was being filtered by the clouds so there was a diffused light which illuminated things nicely. Yappy Dog and family have left, to my delight. Our walk was otherwise uneventful.
The girls and I went to the Promontory to play ball and found the German guy who has a tent in the camping fishing from the Big Beach. He was happy to get to know the ‘ladies’. We played lots of ball then went back.
I set off for Paleochora to buy bread but had to wait about twenty-five minutes to pass the rockfall. We only received the notification the evening before. One angry man raced up to where the men were working, nearly bowling over the woman managing the traffic. He leapt from his car to yell at the workmen about the fact ‘they’ had started the work without giving reasonable notice. He leapt back into his car and screeched off into the distance back the way he’d come. I eventually got to the bakery and arrived back at the rockfall just as they were letting the traffic pass following the next work interruption.
The men are working from 08:00 – 15:00 but I don’t know about weekends. There is still plenty of work to do so I wonder how many more months we need to put up with this.
There were three departures of which one says he will return. He’d stayed fifteen out of the thirty days he purchased but has gone walkabout to Frango Kastelli.
The other two were moving on to do other things. One I took only two nights’ money instead of three in my rush to try to keep all the balls in the air. He’s going to send the balance to my bank. The others may also return but not this year.
The afternoon saw the departure of the US couple with the dog and tent. I’d almost forgotten about them but saw them coming in to load up their car. They were both in the US Navy, the girlfriend still is but the guy will study engineering at university. They have a lovely dog which I discovered is virtually blind due to juvenile cataracts. They paid by bank transfer but had offered to drive to the nearest ATM in Paleochora to get cash. With the roadworks, the bank transfer was quicker despite the difficulties of transferring from an American institution.
Steffanie came with her brother for a brief visit and could see that her bequeathed bike had been put to good use. She collected some items from storage in an apartment she used on a previous visit. I suggested she got a rental car instead of using a taxi from Souda which would have been 150€ each way. The rental was something like 45€ for the entire day. Their cruise ship is at Souda Bay and continues tonight.
The DDs had been prepared but just needed processing which was fortunate as I ended up chatting with Jamie for quite some while. The dogs barking brought an end to our chat.
It’s been quite a demanding day although I’ve not really done that much. I discovered from the customers that a car had come into the camping at speed yesterday evening. The barrier had been left open and Maria was in the office. Apparently the car entered the camping at pace and was generally a nuisance. I’ve instructed the punters to close the barrier if they see it open.
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