Waterloo Road wasn’t my first viewing choice but it was nonetheless quite enjoyable. The head teacher was being blackmailed by a student for an alleged romantic encounter. The student produced her baby in class which turned out to be full-term so could not have been anything to do with the head. I spent the remainder of the evening with YouTube but eventually fell asleep around bedtime, to my great annoyance. I hate waking up and then having to go through the bedtime routine half asleep.
The night was noisy as the wind was easterly and quite strong. A branch was tapping on some part of the van and there was the occasional rock and roll as the van needs to be levelled again; it slowly moves down the slope if left unattended.
I felt unenthusiastic about venturing out into the wind and could not believe that it was 16ºC at five in the morning! There were no vehicles to be seen as they probably departed when wind became imminent. The sky was a little cloudy but there were more stars to see due to the absence of the moon. It wasn’t as blustery as I thought as we crossed the rocks but the sea was quite agitated and crashing against the rocks.
The easterly wind was pushing the sea into the mouth of the river so I was obliged to seek a much higher crossing point. In doing so, I had to pick my way through the muddy river bed avoiding loads of vegetation whilst collecting a fine array of burrs on the way.
I prevented the dogs from entering the gardens next to the beach so we were soon at the Plakaki rocks for biscuits. Even Luis nearly made it there! He still got biscuits as compensation for effort. We completed our walk and all of the boys went into the van. Probably to get out of the wind.
I took the girls onto the Promontory once I’d fed the cats as it was more sheltered there. We walked and chased the ball crossing the rocks yet again.
The bike batteries charged during the night which was a bonus as the easterly wind was strengthening. I had no excuse today not to attempt Panorama so I went a little further, stopping only for some bread. Paleochora was gloomy and the occasional generator was running due to the second of the planned power outages. With the bread already baked, Anatoli don’t bother with their generator so the shop appears quite dark. I’m not sure what happens if there’s a card payment but I pay cash. I have to find some way to dispose of the change which Bona and others give me. The ride back was easier as the wind was strengthening and behind me.
I dropped bread to Lucia, chatted to Joyce and then Mickey before feeding the dogs. Interestingly, Oskar didn’t rush out for his food as he was feeling poorly. Luckily, Isabella discovered the unattended bowl and helped to empty it. I offered Oskar more food but he declined so I left him to it. I find this is the best way as they usually sort themselves out after a few hours.
I had updates to do at LBS as well as reconfigure the RDP remote access software as their router seems to ignore the settings making life complicated. For Inter Sport, I connect to their VPN so just need the local IP. I spent much of the day on this in between a little sleeping in the sunshine which eventually penetrated the clouds. I moved my chair as the wind was quite strong and still from the east. There were kites flying and shrieks of excitement coming from Alonáki beach which Riot Act to instil some semblance of order.
The day chugged by, I got my IT work out of the way so fed the cats and then the dogs. There was the threat of rain which turned into a reality so I quickly put my bike into the storeroom.
There have been more exciting Sundays.
