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We are back in the UK now and Tom and Charlie have gone to our place in the sun for a week where I hear there is a heat wave. Only a little sun in UK I am afraid. One or two of my blog followers have mentioned their sorrow at not seeing more photos from my last trip. Well, we didn't take all that many but I'll post a few here to keep them going until my next trip at the end of July.

Near Palamut Buku

Ova Buku

Beyaz, my favourite pussy. She always appears soon after we arrive.

Bella, our newest puss and very sweet. I thought my Italian visitors may like her name.

Matt and Beyaz rescuing a moth.

Kargi Koyu

The new posh steps, unfortunately designed for folk with small feet!

We enjoyed our adventures in this car.

Driving through the mountains.

Such a Beautiful Day

It's now almost 10pm and 25C on the terrace. Apparently we are about to have a heatwave and certainly today it felt hotter. Today there was no wind for sailing so we went to a secluded beach that I visited once about 15 years ago. It involved sliding down a goat track and through the undergrowth but once there it was fabulous. There were a few others enjoying the water but after a while they left and we had the cove to ourselves. We stayed until early evening. The water was very clear and a lovely turquoise colour, I'm sure we will go there again.




Matt is there somewhere!

 

The 'Poshed Up' Harbour

They have been working on Datca harbour for several months, well work really began over a year ago when they demolished the ramshackle establishments. We have been watching the progress this year and now, almost finished it looks very smart. There are one or two areas which are rather crazy. The travertine flooring looks beautiful but where it has been laid on the steep slope by Beyaz Amca, it has created a slide which is a little disconcerting to walk down. There are some new palm trees, a water feature, a sundial (looks like a shark),  pretty terraces, flower beds, marble seating and smart lighting. The visiting yachts have new hook ups for water and electricity and since we have been here there have been many boats every night.

It has arrived

...the Meltemi wind that is. It was predicted on Wind Guru and sure enough it is here. So we were up early and rushed down to the windsurfing beach where Matt met up with the other 'brothers of the wind'. They all headed off towards Symi and thoroughly enjoyed themselves whizzing up and down. I however settled down on a beach bed with a book. I finished Honour by Elife Shafak which although I found depressing to start with, became more intersted in it and it ended with a twist that I hadn't expected.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/apr/20/honour-elif-shafak-review
I then read Perking the Pansies by Jack Scott which is an altogether different kind of book. http://perkingthepansies.com/
I will start a new one tomorrow, maybe an historical novel.

Kucuk kus (little bird)

As I opened the front door this morning, a little ball of brown feathers rolled in. It was a baby sparrow. They nest in our roof so presumably this one was trying to fly. Mum was up on the roof having a fit. Meanwhile at the back of the house, lounging on the terrace were Bella, Beyaz, Bruiser and Squeaky. I popped it in sight of Mum on a flower pot but that was making it a rather tempting and easy snack for the pussies. So after 10 minutes or so Matt moved it into the Bougainvillea and we left it to find Mum. Fingers crossed all is well now.

We headed off to the local Wednesday fruit and veg market where the farmers wives come to sell their produce. We have returned with a punnet of strawberries, honey, potatoes (Datca potatoes are the best we have ever tasted), garlic, lemons and tomatoes. Following the success of my tomato plants, I shall try growing the garlic. Friends have told me I just have to shove a few cloves in the earth, so we'll see.

Kargi Koyu

As there was no wind for Matt today (he says it will arrive Thursday), we tootled round to Kargi Koyu and crashed out on the beach at the Nirva Beach Club. It was very nice apart from a very excitable, loud lady nearby. I don't think she stopped talking all afternoon and she had all kinds of tunes on her very loud phone! The most amusing one being ' your son is trying to contact you on your cellular device'. Goats were in abundance along with the white ducks. Nirva staff could do with a few maths lessons, they short changed me. Yesterday they overcharged me at Migros by 30 lira but I went back and told them in my very best Turkish. They were very apologetic and refunded the money.

30C

Datca called to us once more and we came. 30C in the shade of the terrace today, perfect for me. The four cats - Beyaz, Squeaky, Bella and Bruiser were waiting for us. The garden is looking great and best of all, there were little red tomatoes ready for my breakfast! I planted them four weeks ago and in that time they have flowered, fruited and ripened. Lots more to come.

Bruiser