Symi, August
August is breaking out all over here on Symi. There have been rumours that the ‘Lucifer’ heatwave that’s been hanging across Europe is heading to Greece, but at the moment the temperature is quite bearable; 32 degrees in the shade in the courtyard at ten in the morning, for example. It has been humid though, which doesn’t help, and I have only been out walking at six the morning before it gets too hot. The forecast on Windfinder tells me we are heading for the same weather for the next few weeks with light winds.
The Symi Festival has been going well, with a concert on Monday night and a dance show on Tuesday, plus the church festivals and name days for Sotiris at the weekend. The taxi boats are heading out, and the day boats coming in packed with visitors. There are sailing boats in the harbour, but maybe not as many as we have seen in the past. But life ticks on by slowly and pleasantly.
Neil has now read ‘Symi, Stuff and Nonsense’ for me to give his valued opinion and has laughed out loud in all the right places. What he has said though, is that perhaps I should remove Symi from the title as there’s not actually that much about life on the island in the book. I think I agree with him. So, the next book, which does have some Symi in it, might end up being called ‘Stuff and Nonsense’, which is mainly what it is about. Travel tales from the past, a diary I kept when we first moved here, and some nonsense posts from this blog that have appeared here over the past several years. I will discuss with my editor at a later date (after the next draft) and see what he thinks. I don’t want to mislead readers into thinking they will be reading a Symi gossip and warts-and-all book of revelations.
And talking of Neil, he took today photos while on an early morning trip down to the harbour the other day.
