The morning of 1 August brought more disappointment in the ‘Mouse Wars’. Mr Mouse had been treated to Nutella, which he had licked from some of the traps without them going off, whilst on the other traps we had deployed our new secret weapon: the rind of Spanish Manchego cheese. This was a hit with Mr Mouse but he managed to scoff all of that too without setting off the traps. At least if he is eating Nutella and cheese he’s not eating bits of BV! Plus, if he keeps up his current rate of consumption, in a short while he’ll be a chubby little chap and hopefully heavy enough to set off the traps.
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| Limni |
As we approached the harbour the view was pretty much the same as the previous afternoon with a yacht and motor boat on the inside of the end of the breakwater and a pretty full looking harbour.
We knew we wouldn’t anchor and so decided to take a look into the harbour to see if there was any space inside. With the narrow entrance we had to put BV to within a few metres of the shore, watching the depth carefully as we peered in. The breakwater was full but Nicky noticed that the red line on the quay extended inside the breakwater to where the yacht and motor boat and a few other boats were moored. Rather than being a ‘don’t moor here’ red line, maybe it was a line showing where visitors could moor. We decided to moor on the outside of the quay alongside the red line, working on the assumption that some port offical would ask us to move if we weren't allowed to moor there.
By chance this mooring place also gave us a ringside position from which to watch the start of the yacht racing.
Limni is a nice small town. The water on the seafront is beautifully clear and you could see the pebble beach shelve away steeply which is why we had had problems trying to find a suitable place to anchor.
Like most Greek towns there are a variety of churches and chapels dotted around.
As well as several cafés and restaurants. Limni also still has quite a few older buildings which soften the skyline and views between the more typical modern concrete housing.
The houses were well kept and nicely painted and we thought that the whole place had the feel of being where Greek people go on holiday.
The cafés were alive with chatter and there were lots of people enjoying the views, paddling in the sea and relaxing watching the world go by. Pretty much everything closed up for the afternoon siesta........
…… so we relaxed on BV, cooling off by swimming off her stern amongst the many fish which seemed to have taken shelter around her. The other novelty for us was having to think a little about the tide. The Evia channel is one of the few places in the Mediterranean which get anything more than about a 30cm tidal range. On the quay at Limni we were going up and down about one metre.
The tide would be factor to take into account when we got to our next port of call, Khalkís where this 1 metre range gets funnelled and accelerated through a narrow bridge opening. For now, however, we could just enjoy the mellow pace of life at Limnis. As the sun started to get low in the sky we watched a lovely traditional sailing dinghy tack up and down off the beach. Suddenly the peace and tranquillity was broken by a loud snap. A quick investigation brought the great news that the Nutella and cheese on ‘Tom’ had proved just too tempting for Mr Mouse; the Mouse War seems now to be officially over (hurrah!) and we believe we have BV back with just the two of us on board. We will, however, keep our defences in place for a few days more just in case!
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| Limni, Greece |
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