750 Feet Above Sea Level, Apparently
Still cloudy, a few spots of rain on Tuesday, forecast showing more later today (Wednesday) and windy later tomorrow night but it keeps changing. It’s still warm enough to be outside, though I am no longer in shorts, and we’ve started to hang the drapes to keep out the drafts, paint the bathroom roof against leaks, talk about finding the duvet, and where did I put those heaters?
I trotted up to the monastery again yesterday; three miles and a rise in altitude of roughly 400 feet. According to an app I have on the phone, To Vrisi is at 750 feet above sea level, and the house is roughly at 350 feet but who’s to say if that’s accurate. I do know that it’s uphill all the way for one and a half miles, and then joyously downhill again afterwards. I came home to find Neil was out on his walk as he finished work later than me. No idea where he’s gone.
And talking about that… Yesterday as you read this was Neil’s last day at the bar for the season. That’s about seven months, seven days a week with no day off. He only does a couple of siesta hours per day but imagine what the all-day and all-night people who work in tavernas and shops etc., must be feeling. The end is in sight, and they can think about having a day off. We’re taking a couple of days off next week (so no blog for a few days). I think I’ve mentioned it, I’m in Rhodes for two days, and then Neil’s away for three weeks, slightly over, on family visits while I come home to write books and stuff. I’ll be heading off to Athens on the boat around 17th November for a couple of days there, and then we will be heading back, again on the Patmos on an overnight trip, arriving here at around 5.30 on a Wednesday morning. That’s going to be a fun trek up the steps with luggage in the dark. But that’s in the future, for now, I’ll stop rambling, add some images and get on with something else.
