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And the deed is done

With a heavy heart, we have sold our beloved Nimrod. A very nice Italian chap, Michele, who lives in Spain contacted our broker back in November and in mid February we flew out to Lavrion to show him and his … Continue reading

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Difficult decisions

Having made the decision not to leave the marina and be lifted out to sort out the seacock issue, we agreed with the yard that we would be lifted out on the following Tuesday, October 10th as there were high … Continue reading

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Well, that didn’t go to plan!

Up at stupid o’clock on Sunday, October 1st to fly out to Greece. We arrived on time, grabbed a taxi and we were in Lavrion on Nimmie by 3pm. We started the fairly laborious tasks required to ensure all is … Continue reading

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Surprising Samos

We caught the 9am ferry from Chios on Saturday morning, July 15th, to travel to the island of Samos. We hadn’t realised that Samos is considered to be one of the jewels of the Aegean. It is very close to … Continue reading

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Cheers Chios

We left Lesvos with the evening tide. Well, not really as there aren’t tides in the Med but it sounded better than clambering aboard a great big ferry with everyone else! There is something very relaxing about being aboard a … Continue reading

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Lovely Lesvos

Having done as much as we could on Nimmie in Lavrion, we left our AirBnb flat to catch a flight to Lesvos on the Friday morning. As we wouldn’t have time to sail her there this summer, we decided the … Continue reading

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Finally in Greece but not quite sailing

We were originally going to come out to Greece in late May when we had exchanged on the sale of our house but that took a month longer than expected. Add into the mix, a family funeral and trying to … Continue reading

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A short winter trip

We had hoped to come back out to Greece in September 2022 but life had other plans for us. Instead, in September, we moved from our house in a village to an apartment in a nearby town. Luckily, Nimmie had … Continue reading

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Reflections

For some reason, I forgot to post this when we left the boat in June 2022! We are now back in the UK with Nimmie safely in the boatyard. I say safely but it was a close run thing. Not … Continue reading

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Scintillating Skyros

Skyros is the largest of the Sporades islands and has been inhabited since Mycenaean times. The houses and architecture are more reminiscent of the Cyclades with their square white houses than other islands in the Sporades group but that may … Continue reading

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