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Kataifi, Kassiopi castle and harbour side drinks
How can spending a day relaxing by the sea be so tiring? If I get any more chilled, I’m going [...]
Sailing in the Aegean, evening shopping
Another beautiful day in paradise, clear sunny skies, with a light breeze to cool you. I’m starting to miss the [...]
Afternoon tea, self catering, Greek martial arts
We had a surprise start to yesterday, our house sitter called and said the snake had escaped and was loose [...]
Sun, Rain, Sun, and burnt nipples
We’ve only been here in Corfu for three days, and yet I’m so relaxed, it feels like a lifetime. It’s [...]
Kassiopi and the Lofos Hotel
Kassiopi village is in north east Corfu, and is situated just behind the headland, and between two sandy bays and [...]
First night out, and thunder storms
We enjoyed our first meal out last night at the wonderful Three Brothers restaurant, which overlooks Kassiopi harbour. The tiny [...]
Sun, sun, fun, we’re on holiday
Well after an endless countdown we’ve arrived in Kassiopi, Corfu for our summer holiday. The weather is just right, hot [...]
North Norfolk Weekend away
We’ve just got back from a great weekend with Helens family in north Norfolk. Ten of us stayed in a [...]
Holiday booked, and we’re off to Greece
Yippee, the Helen has booked our summer holiday, and we’re off to Greece. We’ve fallen in love with Kassiopi, a small fishing village in northern Corfu. It has just about everything you could want from a holiday, from the peaceful a harbour side fishing village, [...]
Beautiful Peak district Holiday
After a fun filled Christmas Helen and I got away for a relaxing break in the beautiful Peak district. We [...]
Kassiopi, Corfu
We've been away in Greece for two weeks. We stayed in Kassiopi, a beautiful fishing village in northern Corfu, and it was extremely relaxing, and just what we needed to recharge the batteries.
Greek holiday, the countdown begins
Wow, we’ve received our tickets and we’re on the final countdown for our Greek holiday. I just can’t wait. Sun, Sea, and Sand. [...]
The Atlantic wall casemates and batteries
The Merville Gun Battery was a coastal fortification in Normandy, France in use as part of the Nazi's Atlantic wall built to defend continental Europe from Allied invasion. It was one of the first places to be attacked by Allied forces on D-Day. [...]
The D-Day Beaches
It’s now nearly 65 years since D-Day, and the Normandy coast is peaceful with lovely seaside towns and picturesque beaches. Behind the coast is an old-fashioned farming landscape of grain fields, cattle and pastures, hedges and farmhouses. [...]
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- January GardeningJanuary is usually a month of hard frosts although with global warming changing our climate, this prediction is hardly firm. Harvest Leeks may well be standing ready but if a long freeze seems likely you can dig some up and … Continue reading → […]
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