Category Archives: 2021

I completely forgot to mention in the last blog that we saw a seal for the first time in the Mediterranean!  We were not quick enough to get a photo, but it was a memorable sight to behold, snuffling as it swam casually towards the beach late in the day.  We had been just leavingContinue reading “Last week of sailing for 2021”

It took a couple of days to refresh from the family visit; do the laundry, recalibrate and decide where to go. We stayed an extra couple of days in the marina at Lefkas to sit out some strong winds and in this time we did some new exploring. We put our bikes together and cycledContinue reading “South to the Gulf of Corinth”

The plan had been to spend a full week with Faye, Guy and the girls on board, 28th August – 5th September, but Nigel had been laid low with a virus at home and we had to delay our departure to allow him as full a recovery as possible. In the event the family travelledContinue reading “Half a week with the family”

On Friday 23rd July we anchored off the end of the Lefkas Canal at Lygia, primarily for a swim before heading into the Marina ready to meet friend Peter. However there was a yearning for sardines, so we jumped into the dinghy and went ashore for a Greek salad and a plate of delicious grilledContinue reading “Last week of July”

At the end of the first week of July and we decided to head north to revisit some places we had got to know three or four years back. With a light wind we sailed and motored our way from Preveza and decided to stop over in Parga for the night. Parga is a prettyContinue reading “Revisiting Paxos and Corfu”

We were delighted to welcome Bob and Elaine onto Deja Vu towards the end of June for what we hoped would be a fun tour of the Ionian, starting in Preveza and ending up in Kefalonia. We collected them in Lefkas Marina in temperatures approaching 40 degrees C, truly uncomfortable, and it was with greatContinue reading “Around the Ionian”

It seems an aeon ago, but it was just under two weeks that we took an empty train to London, taxied across from Waterloo to Liverpool Street and then took another empty train to Stansted. Arriving early evening we had a cheap hotel booking for the night as we had a mid morning flight onContinue reading “First week in Greece”

It is June 9th, 2021 and Greece is an ‘amber’ destination according to the UK government foreign travel traffic light system. This means that it is legal to travel there, but not recommended according to the host country’s pandemic credentials. Many islands have been fully vaccinated and are deemed safe enough but there are stillContinue reading “2021 Covid getaway”