A really good morning of school, AJ having already done a little maths the night before. A little sewing in the afternoon starting off making a windscoop for AJ and Esme's cabin whilst Esmé made a carrier for her toy dog Cocoa.
Early evening we celebrated the arrival of Lynita's Dad with beer and nibbles on the beach while the kids swam and played.
Thursday
By this point we had decided to ask Tiffany to get a Taxi to us in Agias Euphimias when she arrived on Saturday, but rather than hang around until then we opted to explore one of the bays we had passed on the journey south from Fiskado. Kalo Limini was the perfect little bay where we could relax, swim, paddleboard and have fun on Dizzie's swing. The kids had been great and done school on the way so it was an idyllic, chilled out day.
Friday
After school and a quick swim we left our lovely bay, heading back to Agias Euphimias ready to pick Tiffany up the next day. We dropped anchor just before 2 and I rowed ashore to get fresh bread and some cold drinks. I also took the opportunity to grab food for the evening, check we could get water on the quay on Sunday, and unsuccessfully tried to hitch Tiffany a lift on the Sailing Holidays transfer bus.
On my return Patrick was somewhat concerned as the wind had picked up and some boats had already dragged in the anchorage. We needed to let out more chain but didn't have space so upped anchor and tried to find a better spot. A couple of goes later we actually motored out of the harbour looking for alternatives but on spotting Dizzie heading in we decided on one last shot. In the end we managed to get the anchor to hold in a reasonable spot behind a catamaran, just needing a tight circle on our anchor watch app to detect any movement towards the rocks behind us. Not perfect but we were holding well and there wasn't anywhere better to go either in this anchorage or nearby.
Either Patrick or I stayed in the cockpit until we gained some confidence, taking it in turns to brave the rocking and rolling to do a little tidying up.
A late dinner once the wind had calmed down a little and then bed, although a very excited Esmé would take a long time to get to sleep!
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