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6th April - Karl & Ken set off for Santa Pola.
After a year and 4 months break from Madison it was
time to start the voyage to Greece again. My dad, Ken
and I were the advanced party, whilst Laura would continue
to work right up to the last minute in Edinburgh before
flying out for the launch. Aye, you get it, Laura was
going to step aboard to receive a glass of wine and
find all the work done
or so she thought!!!!!
The three of us flying out had a total of 50kg each
and I only let my dad come in the clothes he was standing
in. Well almost, he was allowed a total of 8kg and this
ended up being mostly tablets for his various ailments
I
should have taken this as a sign!
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30th April - 5th June Spain - Greece.
We finally set off from Santa Pola on 30th April. My
cousin Gordon and his partner Joyce, who live a couple
of hours away, came to see us before we set off. Armed
with a bag of their beautiful oranges. Well we didn't
want to get scurvy along the way. So after a few hours
socialising we slipped the ropes and headed north along
the coast of Spain towards a place called Calpe. Things
were different for us now as we had new friends with
us. Reggie the Rutland (wind turbine) and Alfie the
Autopilot. These guys were going to make life a lot
easier.
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6th June - Corfu Island.
Well we've made it to Corfu Island and we can finally
chill out a bit. We're not planning on going very far
in the next few months. We're just going to explore
the Ionian and maybe a bit of the Peloponnese.
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July - Mainland Greece.
Well we've made it through July and some very hot days.
Its been 40 degrees at times. We've also managed to
visit quite a few places and meet some more lovely people
and purchased a small piece of original art as a momento,
along the way. Although as I type this we're back in
our usual anchorage in Corfu - has time reversed itself?
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August - Corfu - Lefkas
August has been a great month for us as our lovely
pal, Jimmy and his girlfriend Glynis came over on holiday
to stay with their friends, Gordon and Margaret and
we all hooked up and did some sailing.
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September- Leftkas - Kefalonia
Yet another fantastic month where we met more sailing
friends and also had a lovely week with Iain and Emma.
We had 3 weeks to head south from Lefkas until we got
to Argostoli, Kefalonia to meet them on 20th Sept.
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October - Our Final Month Away
So here we are having embarked on our final month away
in Greece before returning to real life and jobs. October
has been a fabulous month. Yet again we have met more
lovely folk and a real bonus was our friends Kirsty
and Baz, hooking up with us whilst they were on a cruise.
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