Time for repairs and Jess & Ben come to visit

After Chris and Desi left we went back to One Tree Bay but we had an issue with the anchor windlass resulting in Dave having to haul the anchor and chain back in by hand. We tried attaching a rope and winching it but that took an age to bring in 50 metres of chain.

Taking the strain off the anchor windlass

Back down to Vliho and we dismantle the windlass yet again!

Serenity is "home" -  back at Sail Ionian in Vliho where Chris very kindly gave us the spare parts to repair the windlass.

Beautiful Vliho Bay

I am always interested in boat names and how people chose them. There have been some good ones but this must be the saddest boat we have seen - she is called Fear and Loathing! Why?

A visit into little Vathi on Meganisi

A local enjoying a quiet corner

From there we headed round to Vassiliki on the south coast of Lefkada - a well renowned spot for windsurfing but unfortunately arrived a few days late and all water sport centres were closed.

With no windsurfing we decided to go for a hike instead, after a refreshing swim at this secluded beach

We came across this tiny shrine, complete with tiled roof!

A hot and dusty walk but worth it for

 the amazing views across to Cephalonia

Heading back to Preveza to meet Jess and Ben, we stopped off in Tranquil Bay, which this time was very tranquil!

Jess and Ben join us on board and Ben soon takes the helm. You can just see the white "seagull" on the One Tree Bay hillside behind Ben.

A refreshing swim at the top of the Meganisi channel

Off exploring with the beach to themselves

Now it is Jess' turn to helm. Skipper is looking very relaxed!

Jess and Ben said they were keen to try local cuisine so we had to stop for iced coffee in Nidri!

Back up to Lefkada for a lovely meal on the square......

........beef stifado and lamb kleftiko

Early morning light across the salt flats.

We dropped Jess and Ben off at the bus station in Lefkada for them to catch the 6.00am bus to Athens and we set off back to Preveza to prepare Serenity for a winter in the boatyard.

Beautiful coloured skies looking from Preveza quay towards Ionian boatyard.