Red Sky in the morning

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Ok let start with the normal introduction.  Let's talk about the weather, the favourite of Brit conversation openers.  "Isn't it lovely?" "Really quite warm today - perhaps summer is coming at last?" "Wow that wind was so strong!" 'Did you hear the rain last night?" "Real storm blowing, I could hear the waves crashing on the beach all night".  The last three days have been all of these with temps into the upper 70s and down to 40s at night.  We've had lovely blue skies and the strongest of winds which on teo occasions whipped the two seater from the patio sending it flying across the garden.

Bike ride looking to Faros

Today is one of the lovely days, and really quite hot, rather than warm and I've come in from sitting on the patio to write this to get a little cooler!  With it being such a lovely day this morning was an hour bike ride on our favourite coastal route and new roads inland bringing us back to Pervolia via Kiti.  The fields look good and many are full with wheat, oats and barley growing to heights of 2-3 feet.  Still green but growing fast.  Every space is filled and the crops grow right to the road edge.

We have learnt to recognise some of the more unusual crops and there are a number of fields with artichokes, which are  showing their large green heads.  Some fields are planted and have rows and rows of large plastic cloches warming a protecting the young growth.  What is in them remains to be seen although some look like peppers.  We passed one farmer planting small plants of what I don't know but he had a huge tray and was stopping every couple of strides to plant.  It was a big field so clearly had a days work ahead.  Last night as we walked back from the village at 9 o'clock another was ploughing a field with only the lights of the tractor.  The farmers work hard.

The fields look great (so does Lillian!)

Today is football watching day and soon its off to the Cottage Pub for the normal Saturday banter.  Come on Ipswich ..... just can't bare the comments that will come with another defeat.  'Your boys aren't looking too good Chris.  Division 1 next year?'

And so a week has passed with some time to relax, but far too much computer based work and its time to set off again on travels, Washington, New York, Boston, Charlotte, Miami and London ..... all in 18 days.