A somewhat different and largely disappointing view from the house this morning – Torrential rain instead of our usual blue sky sunrise! Climbing was now well and truly off the menu, so we shifted our attention towards a relaxing indoor morning of reading, eating and drinking… The afternoon weather at the nearby coast was looking Read more

There really is no rush around here to get going in the mornings, so a gentle transition from bed to balcony seems to be providing a good start to Greek life. But today, we did venture away from the rooftop, to have a reconnaissance of the Manikia climbing area – it’s the reason we are Read more

After another fine start to the day, breakfasting on the rooftop, we decided to check out the coast and get our toes dipped in the sea. Didn’t quite feel up to a full swim, but it was good to be ‘testing the waters’. Breakfast this morning consisted of a pile of freshly baked ‘cheese pies’ Read more

I literally crawled from the warmth of the dark bedroom – I was tired and didn’t want get up yet, but on seeing the even warmer light of the morning sun on our rooftop terrace, it was a move worth making! And things got even better with a breakfast of the cake we’d been gifted Read more

Manchester airport was surprisingly busy at 04:30am and the new ‘developments’ to Terminal 2 caused us to do several laps of the airport before finally reaching the un-signposted car par that we had booked into to ‘save time’! It was just as chaotic inside, with people queuing for the ‘fast track’ while the regular security Read more

The Daffodils are making an early appearance in The Cottage garden already! A record perhaps?… For our final morning of the year at home, the rains and wind had finally (and thankfully) ceased, and droplets of water hung everywhere as the great evaporation festival began. The ground squelched underfoot as we walked down the track Read more