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Category: History

  • Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    Postcards from the Northern Ionian

    We left the Gulf of Patras for the tiny island of Kastos, a long string bean of an island tucked in alongside the larger island of Kalamos. Happy days as we were off to the main town, to a stunning aquarium of an anchorage and a trip in to the bar at the Windmill that…

  • Postcards from the Gulf of Patras

    Postcards from the Gulf of Patras

    The in-between places are not often mentioned. People talk about the magic of the islands, the wild rugged beauty of the Peloponnese or the sheltered waterways of the …gulf.  Me included.  But everywhere has it’s own cultural, historic and environmental vibe and value that is different to all other places whilst on the surface seeming…

  • Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    Postcards Home: Cyclades part 2 or When Everything Goes Wrong….

    After a great tour of the North Western Cyclades we jumped from Tinos across to the northern end of Paros to a large bay called Naoussa. We’d been here once before in October in 2022 when we sat on the boat, alone in a howling meltemi for 7 days.  Our boat clocked over 2 nautical…