We departed Rocella Ionica, Italy, on the 29th September at 10:00. With 200 miles ahead of us and very little wind neither of us were looking forward to the journey, an estimated 40+ hours. The first day we managed to get 6 hours sleep each through the night so felt reasonably fresh the second day. The only excitement we had was a flying fish landing on the decks. Due to the problems we were having with our batteries not charging we felt unable to put the auto pilot on the second night resulting in us only getting 2 hours off watch at a time. By the time we reached Cephalonia my hands were sore with the wheel. It was still dark as we arrived and we aimed for the dark patch between the hills that were all lit up. At last we had a phone signal so I send Uncle Dave a text saying we would be arriving at 08:00, as we pulled into Argostoli there he was with Aunty Jill waving us in, what a welcome. The next few days were spent with both of them, showing us the Island, swimming in blue water, seeing the water turtles and going out for meals . The first night we went out for a meal with a group of their Greek friends including Stathi and Iranni a lovely couple who we spent time with most days. They invited us back to their home which was on the site where some Italian officers were murdered by the Germans at the end of the war, as a result they often find strangers on their door step wanting to see the exact location their relatives were killed. The time we have spent with Jill and Dave and Stathi and Iranni has been a lovely welcome to Greece and one that fills us with the feeling we will have many happy times in this country, but not this year. For now our plan is to head up to Corfu and make our plans for leaving the boat for winter