I haven’t written because really there is not
much to tell. The weather has
improved and it has been really nice and sunny and not too hot. We have got a lot of jobs done. The sails are off and have gone to the
sail makers to be cleaned and stored for the winter. Richard has taken most of the lines off. We have bought two new mooring lines
with special metal springs to make the boat more secure for the winter.
I have done some of the washing. I will need to do the rest tomorrow so
that all the linens are more or less clean when we return. I may even get around to washing some
of the lines.
The marina is large and because of that I have
been on the bike regularly. We
cycle into the town most days to buy what we need day by day so there will not
be food left over. I am getting a
bit better on the bike, but I still am unwilling to cycle down hill and it
still makes me nervous.
I have developed a new obsession. It is coffee granita with cream. There is an ice cream parlour on the
main square that does a wonderful one.
Much better than iced coffee and very welcome after riding there on the
bike.
Today we went to the beach for a swim, having
made ourselves very hot cleaning and working on the boat. There is a lovely beach right around
the corner from the marina and there are bike racks to use when you get
there. In fact there are bike
racks all over the town and marina, and everyone is riding bikes. I guess I will have to persist.
We have booked a hire car from Catania airport
and Richard will take two long bus rides there to get it tomorrow. We hope we can get all the remaining
tasks done before he goes. We have
booked hotels for the following four nights, so tomorrow is the last night on
the boat.
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