Left Galaxidhi at 11.00 and sailed until 03.00 when we put the engine on to motor sail to Vathi on Ithaca, arriving there at 07.00. Yes we could have done with a cruising chute at one point but improvised by using the old genoa and the new jib at the same time. It worked!
We got to the Rion bridge at sunset
Whoa! Will we fit underneath?.........
........yes, of course, we have done it before but we always wonder. It looks a lot lower as you get closer!
Sorry, just had to include another amazing sunset!
One of the best meals!
Lamb casserole heated up to pressure in the pressure cooker then put in the cool bag lined with fleece blanket which makes a fantastic slow cooker. The lamb had cooked for 8 hours and was hot enough to eat straight away. What an incredible location for dinner!
Sunrise - a wonderful time of day!
Back to the Ionian - Serenity has come "home"
From Ithaca we traveled north back towards Vliho where Serenity had been on charter for 5 years. On the way we stopped off in one of our favourite bays - Abelike on Meganisey where we met up with Guy and Ginny on Kisti 2
In Vliho bay we had some support struts welded onto the gantry which holds the solar panels. For this to be done we had to tie up alongside an old barge which acted as a workshop. Here we picked up a stowaway!
Now that's really cheeky! We thought he was back on his own barge but then he popped up behind the fridge.
We spent some time in Vliho and Nidri and met Lynne and John on Tumbleweed, David and Lindsay on Rosa di Venti and Hilary and Ray on Koala - all from our winter in Crete as well as Guy and Ginny from Weymouth. Wonderful to meet up with old friends!
Heading north
We left the southern Ionian and headed north towards Corfu.
This was an overnight stop in Parga - a lovely busy, bustling holiday town but the anchorage round the corner was very roly and noisy from music on the beach.
After going to Monganisi and Lakka on Paxos we reached the southern coast of Corfu.
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