Met up with Thomas and his girls again in Vathy on Ithaca having stopped off at Port Atheni on Meganisi (with a pretty village on the hill) and Kastos with beautiful clear water. Watched a forest fire (we think?) burning all night and dived to replace the anodes on the prop (again)
Vathy is really large deep harbour (vathy means deep ha ha!) with pretty venetianesque houses. A final cucumber farewell. A taverna with tables on the shore, under the trees, and a pictureskew view of the town on the other side of the bay. Had some delicious tuna with some lovely moody owners (Janu) Sally and Graham from Plymouth. Next day Fab cruising chute sail half way to Missalonghi in the Gulf of Patras. Caught a verdigris (spl?) dolphin fish, but it was so pretty and under 2 kilos that we couldn’t kill it. Then a motor to windward the rest of the way. Missalonghi situated up a canal surrounded by salt marshes and houses on stilts. Someone turned the wind button off as soon as we got in the canal. Had a v pleasant anchorage (met up with Tom on Monson without Monica) watching yet another myrtle the turtle fishing and popping up next to the boat. Seems we have gone from the daily dolphins of Italy to daily ninja turtles now... fab. V friendly liveaboard marina.