As the season goes on and more and more boats arrive here, its fun to catch up with people.. and this week has been a particularly good one. There are friends we've made here,who we often meet (usually in Porto bar, Vliho yacht club, or for an arranged beach barbie), old friends who are just arriving, not to mention friends of friends and people who know us through the internet.
Earlier this week we meet Stuart Carter - a Lancastrian, who, drawn by my Lancashire flag, comes over to say hello. It turns out he's a lifelong friend of my brothers (plural). He's closely followed by Curly Sue, "met" through ybw: "you must be Carolwildbird!". We catch up via email with someone we first met in Brittany who is now in Preveza, and later in the week with Neil and Cathy, who we last saw at a ybw get together in Plymouth, and who are now in Paxos en route to Lefkas..
We're sitting in Vathi when we get a text from Bill and Lynn, first met in Almerimar, and last seen in Paxos en route to Crete, who want to know where we are. We're in Vathi, I text back. It turns out they are in Astokos.. a mere 90 minutes away.. so they sail over and come and spend the night with us in Vathi. Its good to catch up and gossip about life the universe and everything, and what's been happening in our respective worlds.
Bill and Lynn decide to come up to Nidri with us, as I offer a mercy mission up to Lefkas in the car to get them a new sail batten.
A shopping trip or three later... not to mention lots of booze (well for Bill at least).. quite a good reunion.
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