Friday 27th April

View point 

Another warm and sunny day with temperatures rising to 75F although late afternoon cloud.  

A bit of an adventure day as brother Kevin needed to visit the Royal Sovereign Base at Episkopi which is about a 90 minute drive from Pervolia.  It was decided that we all would go driving along the coastal road to Zygi before joining the A road to Lemesos and from there following the map along another coastal road.  Whereas the area around Pervolia is flat, here the coastal roads run along the top of high cliffs affording lovely views of the sea which is starting to appear bluer everyday.

Brothers

At the  base we were not all allowed in as we did not have passes, so Lillian, Julia and I walked down a lane to a view point whilst kevin took the car to do what he needed to do.  The view we found was lovely and time was spent taking pictures and just gazing in the sunshine.  An hour had soon passed and a quick phone call found Kevin had finished what he needed to do and we met up on the road.  We continued to drive onwards to Pissouri, passing the road where friends from Dubai Martin and Wendy live.  We must get in touch with them.  We thought we had remembered the route to a beach bar they had taken us to on one of our few visits to them, but instead found a different one in a small cove.

Lunch was great with four different meals selected, with a couple of glasses of wine and beers.  The calamari was fresh and good.  After lunch it was a stroll along the beach, Julia and Lillian spending time picking small stones and shells whilst I played with the camera using the zoom lens to take a large number of pictures, just a few are seen here.  More will appear in the days ahead. Lillian took over the driving on the way home, allowing the brothers to snooze in the back.

Lillian and Julia 

Once home, much to our surprise Kevin and Julia were off on the bikes.  Kevin has been saying that he was going for a run since he arrived but has been forbidden by Julia.  He has a slight calf injury which has been taking time to heal so we were surprised to see him running pushing the bike on his return.  Thinking he was in training and had got his way it would seem this was not planned.  The bike has a puncture and he had run with it back from Faros Lighthouse, about a mile away.  A trip to the bike shop tomorrow is required.

After drinks on the patio and showers for those who needed it was a few nibbles and a DVD to pass the evening.  Harry Brown starring Michael Caine, a good vigilante film.  All in all a very enjoyable day.