It was nice to have a cool(ish) night. I woke to find that the village was almost in cloud. I’d had a nice evening at Adonis’ place – again it was very quiet, despite me going at 10pm like the locals (the fact is was a Monday night might not have helped).

Adonis had suggested I try the beach at Livada, I had noticed it on the map and scootered over there late in the afternoon – the road soon ran out of tarmac and after a short while I bottled out and turned around. I am so programmed to do as I’m told, riding the hire scooter on the dirt road (for that read razor sharp rocks embedded in dried mud with the sharp bits pointing at my tyres) felt too naughty – it really needed a motocross or 4×4 to get down there, not a Piaggio Fly125 with tiny wheels. I really should have stopped to take a few photos as it was such spectacular landscape but got a bit fixated with just getting back.

I went up and over the hills and back to the main town and found it was pretty windy on that side of the island – I thought a cheesepie would calm me and I took the opportunity to pop in to see Margit and was still wanting to have a swim – I went back to ‘my old beach’ only to find it too windy to be at all pleasant and didn’t have my dip. I rode back to the village via Agios Sostis – which seems to have a lovely bay and quite a bit of accomodation. Margit suggested Susanne have a think about an alternative beachy self-catering place for me and I wait to hear what she comes up with – she certainly found me a good’un at Vriokastro and it was Susanne who suggested Polemis at Agia Anna on Naxos to us a few years ago (where M and I have been twice now – the first time was when we were supposed to be island-hopping hopped as far as Naxos and stayed!)