Moonlight cruise

We've decided to use the natural light of the full moon, so depart our ancorage at 1am after a few hours sleep.  The winds gods are with us tonight as for the majority of the way it is dead calm.  Apart from a few fishing boats we only pass one large vessel during our eight hour journey.

We head back under the Rion Bridge as the moon is setting in the west

And the sun is rising in the east.

It's a great way to beat the sun gods today.  We arrive at Mesolongion pronounced Missalonghi around 9am to find the Marina closed today and also Monday due to a public holiday.  It's a shame as we are planning on wintering here and were hoping to sign the contracts etc.  Guess that will have to wait till out return on the 17th July.

We are pretty knackered so have a few hours kip then do a little provisioning at the marina market.  It's hot but we have a great breeze passing through the yacht so not unpleasant.

I have a FaceTime date with Belinda who is in New York so hopefully Wi-Fi permitting we can catch up for the first time in six weeks.  Then we will head into town to see some of the pre celebrations in readiness for tomorrow's public holiday.

Not sure what this poor chappie is doing but would prefer to be pulling the rope.

Tomorrow is a different story as the winds are blowing from the west at 5s so not sure right now where we are going, guess the Captain can make that decision in the morning.

Last time we we here few found a great looking pizza place so that's where we are heading tonight. It's a good walk into town and we enjoy our meal.