This leads to that
It’s always fun to see how things link up on Symi and how quickly the best-laid plans can get out of hand.
On Wednesday, Neil went to help a friend chop back another friend’s over-zealous bougainvillaea while first friend’s wife came to me to sing a bit. This led to an after sing/chop beer in the square. We went to Lefteris’ as Rainbow was closed in the afternoon. One beer was ok, but then it started to rain, and so there was no way we could leave and walk the fifty yards home in a drizzle, so we stayed for another one. And then another one as everyone was having such a good time. It stopped raining and, by this time, Rainbow was open, and we thought we should pop in for one to say hello. That soon led to another one as returning homeowners appeared, having come across on the Blue Star, or earlier. By the time we made it home, a ‘quick beer’ at the square had turned into a few more than that, and I had, for some reason, got ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ stuck in my head as a thing to watch. We suffered that (no more beer) before bed and still managed a fairly early night. To be fair, we watched the 25th-anniversary version from the Albert Hall, infinitely better than the film version as it’s the whole thing staged as best as it can be out of its theatre.
Luckily for the healthiness of at least two of us concerned, we had taken a long-ish walk in the late morning, and that’s what today’s photos are from. I was interrupted in my ramblings yesterday by Neil’s idea to go for a ramble, and so we decided to walk up to the cantina on the main road. This is the place we use to walk to every other morning a couple of years ago. After a few months of doing this (and also walking to Pedi or up to ‘To Vrisi’ on the hillside) we were at the stage of being able to run up there after walking fast up the steps past the museum to the road. Wednesday’s walk was also pretty fast, but there was no running involved, and I was pleased that I managed it with no trouble. I was also interested to measure the distance on my FitBit, which told me it was about 3,000 of my steps and roughly 1.2 miles each way.
With my new/old camera, I was able to zoom in a long way and down to the new jetty at Pedi which, as you can see, looks to be in use, at least in part.
With Easter less than two weeks away, it’s good to see return visitors heading back to Symi. We met a couple of couples the other evening, and there are more on their way. It won’t be long now before Neil is back at work at the Rainbow Bar in the afternoons, three to five as usual, and the usual summer activities start up. It will be a while yet before the taxi boats and beaches are up and running, but we all know how soon time flies.
And, in my news, I’ve finalised the new cover of The Judas Inheritance, and it will be up there soon. It’s looking good. More news to follow.
