It was great to meet up with Peter who joined us mid afternoon on Wednesday June 26th, but he was distraught at having left a bottle of Moet in the taxi which had been intended to be a celebratory gift for his arrival!
What he did bring though were the official Irish registration documents for Déjà Vu that Nigel had arranged to be sent to him. Déjà Vu now has a passport style credentials and is back in the EU. Maybe a wish for the rest of the UK now.
As we prepared the boat for departure early the following morning, a guy turned up clutching the said bottle of Moet. He declared it had been left in his friend’s taxi and as he was visiting Eufemia, he offered to deliver it. A wonderful testament to the Greek character, we were thrilled.
We headed up to Vliho Bay, dined at Taverna Elena, which was a sort of thank you to the staff there for rescuing Peter. He had gone for one of his mega swims, lost sight of the boat amid a busy anchorage, went ashore to reassess his situation and found help there, including the loan of a phone. Phone calls to the UK and then to Nigel’s phone, requesting a rescue, resulted in an RNLI style shout!
We stayed over in Vliho for an extra day to let the strong winds blow through, and then visited Babis in Spartakahori followed by George in Kalamos, spent a night at anchor in Varko, and finally a night at the Karniya tavern just outside Vathi on Meganissey.
We have had a variety of good sailing and excellent swimming, but the week is flashing by all too quickly. Tomorrow we head up to Lefkas to unload Peter who flies home on Thursday 4th July; election day!
Our final week before lifting out on 11th July, to go home, has no fixed agenda other than to enjoy the boat and eat up the food! It looks like another hot week, so it will need to include a few days at anchor. Ratty has not been seen for 14 days, despite no tempting treats available and nightly traps. We hope he left the same way he came arrived in the first place, but to be sure we will leave him a last supper when we leave the boat. We will look forward to the next trip late August through September.
Deja Vu 
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