2 April
2025 – Wet Wet Wet!
Miles
driven today = 0
Total Miles
to date = 2,697
We had more
rain last night and it continued well into this morning. Lots of it.
Big splashy dollops of rain thudding onto the roof. It wasn’t consistent. There were breaks which were long enough for
us to dash up to the shower block and luxuriate under what are probably the
best showers we have found anywhere on the trip to date. And we certainly haven’t been affected anywhere
near as badly as the horrific flooding videos we have been seeing from the
island Paros but it was getting on for midday before we saw anything which
approached being able to be called a proper break in the weather.
Lunchtime
came and went and it was well past 4pm before we were confident enough to leave
the van for any period of time for fear of getting a drenching.
By that time we were both getting very cabin
feverish so we went on a march down past the harbour….
…and then
along the beach to Kala Nera.
You can see
how much rain we have had here.
I’m
certain that these people don’t normally have a pond in their front garden.
It was flooding across the road and onto the
beach on the other side.
The lady on
reception at Camping Sikia assured us there would be more tavernas open here
than we found at Kato Gatzea yesterday.
There are certainly more tavernas but they all appeared to be very
firmly closed.
We turned
around and started heading back towards the campsite when we spotted one
establishment which did have a few tablecloths set and a couple of very dim
lights twinkling inside, so we tried our luck.
And lo and
behold they were open.
The menu was decidedly
limited, so I ended up having pork again but it was a beautifully cooked knuckle
while Lisa had a huge skewer of chicken in mushroom sauce.
We were joined by a fascinating Swiss lady
called Doris, who is our neighbour on the campsite and is travelling in a
lovely old Eriba pop-top Caravan with her Shih Tzu, Jackie.
We are
travelling in opposite directions once we leave the Pelion so we exchanged
stories and campsite recommendations whilst surrounded by a gang of at least 8 mournful
looking cats and this old fella who made very short work of my knuckle bone.
The
forecast is telling us that we are not necessarily completely clear of the wet
weather just yet but things are definitely looking to be on the up so we will
explore deeper into the peninsula tomorrow.
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