Paleochora gradually awkened during mid-May. The ranks of sunbeds were put in place everywhere except in the naturist area. Stavros opened his grill house on a frightful wet and cold evening when no-one wanted to be on the stony side, but was very busy from the next night on. Notable arrivals were Jim and Susan from Wales, and Sam the poet, who couldn't come last year but was very chirpy and just about coping with his total smoking ban! The sea even became bearable in temperature!
We went twice to the taverna at Gramenon with Alain and Pascale - first for their special pilafi, and second for an octopus that we had seen caught.
We needed to get back to Marseille, so found a very cheap charter single flight from Chania to Gatwick. We went by train and bus to Clapham Common, stayed in a cheap hotel, had a couple of pints of Youngs at The Windmill, went to get post from the Balham house, visited the estate agent who had just found us new very keen tenants, took a train to Victoria, a coach to Stansted and a Ryanair flight to Marseille. There we found the car, which strted first time!! So smooth! Nineteen hours on UK soil!