Yassos Everyone,
Anchored in a beautiful inlet near Nidri called Vlikho Bay, on the east coast of Lefkas, Greece.
We spent a week in Kefalonia [where we saw a huge tutle feeding in the harbour],and then headed north to Vassiliki on Lefkas but had to turn back due to big wind and waves on the nose. So tried again the next day and encountered a very big uncomfortable swell. We persevered and eventually the engine packed in and Paul had to fix it several times to get us to the port. Anyhow we made it and met up with Sue, Tania and John. Investigations revealed a bad bacteria had contaminated the fuel tanks and we had to thoroughly clean out the tanks and start all over again -not a pleasant task and along with some repairs up the mast we were a week in Vassiliki, which was very friendly and we were alongside the quay which made a pleasant change.
After working hard to help sort out the problems John and Tania left in their car and Sue, Bedrick [a new Czech friend] sailed Pax round to our current location.
We have spent a couple of nights here, discovered the Vlikho Yacht Club complete with book exchange and also been visited by Graham off Peel Castle, which is anchored about a mile north of us[he seems fine- on his tod but expecting Katie in a week of so].
Paul is not yet fed up of gyros and souvlakis so next destination is Lefkas town about 10miles north of here and we will decide there whether to head north to Paxos Island [liked the name!!] or south down to Ithica.
Sue leaves next week but says she will be back, so plenty of opportunities to come and join us as we move on down the Pelopennese peninsula. There are still flights from UK to Preveza with several cheap airlines, but also into Athens [espec Easyjet] and Sue says there is a website which gives loads of info on transport in Greece- search 'matt barrett greek travel'.
That's all for now folks, still in swimgear but nice breezes and cooler nights make the climate very nice!!
