Paleo Summer: Part 1
42 degrees Celsius, Beaufort 7, 52 per cent Leave!
Greyrocks has been in Paleo some five weeks and things have not been quiet!
Having left Chania in a wind-free heatwave we were expecting to find a cooler environment, but were told it had been unusually still on the South Coast too! Soon after we arrived we were with chums catching up on the news and agreeing not to - except with chosen fellow-travellers - discuss the UK referendum which would take place next day!
We spent the next day on various jobs and the evening - until late - with interesting non-Brits. Ruth discovered the awful news in the early hours and Greyrocks hid away to nurse the wounds. We did however make contact with Steve in order to reclaim our stored items including sunbeds, so we had a short but emotionally-charged discussion before taking the beds down to the beach to try not to think about it!
Down at the beach "our tree" was available as an anchoring point with Yiannis the beach guy positioned even closer that last year. It was hot, and a bit windy, but the sea entry was difficult and the sea very cold (unlike on the North coast). There followed several days of very strong wind (sometimes from the South) so there was glumness on both fronts until strikingly on July 1st the wind dropped, a remarkable amount of sand had been shifted over the rocky shoreline to give good ingress and the water was lovely! we spent plenty of days down at the beach and some days were "scorchio" registering into the 40's mid-afternoon. winds were a problem on 4th and 5th but otherwise not so, then Ruth made a swift decision to fly back to help with her father's welfare and house-clearance. The Norwegian flight on the 7th was very cheap (and comfortable) but the return with Easyjet on 12th was another shocking figure! It was a busy, wet, cold and miserable trip but highly productive. Bob spent two days in Chania before coming to the airport and we returned together to resume the lifestyle.
After a few days the extremes also resumed with the period 16th to 20th having record-breaking winds. Greyrocks took themselves out of town on the worst day to a bolt-hole with a swimming pool and no sand, but the Force 7 gusts were inescapable. As the predominant direction was NNE it also undid the earlier sand coating and up to this point improvements to the shore have been slow!
Meanwhile the shifting sands of Brexit ...........
We spent the next day on various jobs and the evening - until late - with interesting non-Brits. Ruth discovered the awful news in the early hours and Greyrocks hid away to nurse the wounds. We did however make contact with Steve in order to reclaim our stored items including sunbeds, so we had a short but emotionally-charged discussion before taking the beds down to the beach to try not to think about it!Down at the beach "our tree" was available as an anchoring point with Yiannis the beach guy positioned even closer that last year. It was hot, and a bit windy, but the sea entry was difficult and the sea very cold (unlike on the North coast). There followed several days of very strong wind (sometimes from the South) so there was glumness on both fronts until strikingly on July 1st the wind dropped, a remarkable amount of sand had been shifted over the rocky shoreline to give good ingress and the water was lovely! we spent plenty of days down at the beach and some days were "scorchio" registering into the 40's mid-afternoon. winds were a problem on 4th and 5th but otherwise not so, then Ruth made a swift decision to fly back to help with her father's welfare and house-clearance. The Norwegian flight on the 7th was very cheap (and comfortable) but the return with Easyjet on 12th was another shocking figure! It was a busy, wet, cold and miserable trip but highly productive. Bob spent two days in Chania before coming to the airport and we returned together to resume the lifestyle.
After a few days the extremes also resumed with the period 16th to 20th having record-breaking winds. Greyrocks took themselves out of town on the worst day to a bolt-hole with a swimming pool and no sand, but the Force 7 gusts were inescapable. As the predominant direction was NNE it also undid the earlier sand coating and up to this point improvements to the shore have been slow!
Meanwhile the shifting sands of Brexit ...........
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