We are in wind down mode as we come to the end of our 3 months on board and took the opportunity to take Al Shaheen a few miles up the coast of Corfu to Agni. We’d been to this bay last year by car with our friends Ian and Jo who live here and they’d introduced us to Toulas restaurant by the waterside. It was outstanding and it seemed only right to go there for lunch. As you can see the food is to an incredible standard and not like any waterfront taverna I’ve ever been to before. This was the irresistible desert we shared after an excellent meal.

Unusually for this area, the wind got up in the afternoon so we were pleased to be back on board as our mooringnin the northern end of the bay became increasingly uncomfortable so we let go our long lines to the shore and let the boat simply swing on her by now well embedded anchor. All held fine till breakfast time today when a >20 knot gust dislodged us and we started to drag our anchor. The forecast ain’t too special for the next 48 hours so we had a great but short sail back to Gouvia marina to seek shelter for a day or two. We expect rain tomorrow which is outrageous obviously. Our arrival back in Gouvia was far from easy as we had to moor Mediterranean style with a 15 knot crosswind, this being far from Al Shaheen’s sweet spot. After 3 attempts we got safely tied up but I managed to lightly scrape the stern in the process so Nicky’s has got into action with various strong smelling epoxy products to patch up the battle scar.

Cian leaves us tonight to head back to Ireland and we will miss his amazing and endless supply of good humour and witticisms.

Over the next few days we will head south to Lefkas and meet up with Sail Ionian who will take care of the boat till next year. Then we can start planning our Greek sailing for 2019. Any takers?