Kefalonia Part 2...

Hello my friends....I hope you liked my holiday snaps from yesterday. I am bringing you part 2 now....

..we decided to hire a car so that we could visit some other parts of the island...it was a tiny Daihatsu with a tiny engine that went everywhere in 2nd gear....Kefalonia is made up of uphill and downhill....there are no flat bits....typist was scheming about cycling holidays there for future years...

....we visited the port at Sammi to look at the boats....

....can you see the zoomy military looking one above my head?....that looked very fast....

....we had the obligatory frappe as part of our consumer-testing programme for coffee on the island....

.....we went to a beach...and I got to play with a puppy....but he was a a bit flea-bitten and ran off when we tried to take his picture...

....I tried to show William the view.....

....oh dear...I think i made the locals angry...they are making me walk the plank...!

.....here is a little film I made of the tiny lake which was next to the beach.....VIDEO

..after the lake we ent to a funny cave which used to be underground until the roof fell in....

....it's all watery down there and you have to explore by boat......

.....there were olives for lunch....

...and afterwards we visited another cave....it looked a long way down.....

....it was a pretty spooky place.....

Boo!

Ha ha....who turned the lights off?

...the next day we got the ferry to Lixori....

.....I quite enjoyed my trip...it was very peaceful in the early morning.....

....and you can see my little films of the journey HERE...and we even got to watch the sister ferry going back the other way HERE...

....all that ferrying was thirsty work...so we had to stop to recharge our batteries....

....we finished every day down on our little beach enjoying the last of the sun....

.....or did some more serious sun-bathing if time allowed....

.....another day we got another Daihatsu....it was just the same as the first one except that it was white...

....nad drove some scray cliff-top roads out to get a look at Myrtos beach.....

....and the pretty town of Assos.....

....i liked wandering there....

....and we drove right to the far end of the island to visit Fiskardo....but we forgot to take any photos!

.....we tried to drive to a castle near to the hotel.....

....but when we got there it was all locked up....

Mr Cat said it was only open on Wednesdays.....

....so we stopped for Frappe....

....I suggested a chnage of pace to the typist but he said it was not safe to ride in shorts and sandals....

....we watched the sun go down from our balcony every evening....

.....but in the morning it was sunny and blue skies....

...William took refuge in the cool of the sea....he fed bread to the fish....

.....our room was in that line of bungalows above the pool.....

....er ...is there time for one last frappe before we have to go home...?

...although we had a great holiday, it was nice to get back to Gatwick....

...and to rescue Miss Lola from the farm...she was not best pleased to have to have a bath as soon as she got home!

....woof.  I highly recommend Kefalonia!

Clapton 

Kefalonia....

Hello my friends....have you missed me? I've been away on my holiday to Kefalonia...a Greek island...for the last two weeks...so many apologies for not visiting your blogs during all that time....Kalimera (that's Greek for "good morning").....

....oh look! There's our plane....it's a brand new Boeing 737-800 with the wrappers just off....it takes 3 hours to reach Kefalonia from London.....

We stayed at the White Rocks hotel in a place called Lassi....you can see their website here....we recmmend it highly....this was my first view from the lobby down to the sea and the beach below....can you see the chidlren swimming? They were there from 7am until after 10pm at night! 

There was a lovely sunset over the hills every night.....we had an early night the first day because we arrived in the late afternoon....

...and before I went to bed I make sure I had checked the map carefully so I knew where we were and where we might be able to go....

Kalimera! The bed was very comfy...and most importantly we had air con so the 95+ temperature did not bother us whilst we napped...

After breakfast, I made sure I was all correctly kitted out for the beach......

...and made sure the typist had his morning espresso so he could focus on the day......

....there was a nice sea breeze to keep the furs cool....although it did blow my beard about a bit....

....the beach on the other side of the hotel looked a little busy so we went to the quiet pebbly one instead.....

....but before we could go and get our deckchair typist and I had to tidy up some paperwork which had followed us from London...

....but it did not take us long and we were soon enjoying the beach......

....the Greek paw-parazzi followed me to the local supermarket....NOTHING TO SEE HERE....

....and typist was very happy when I discovered a frappe to keep him cool and awake!!.....mmmmmm

....we took a taxi to Argostoli...the capital "city" of Kefalonia which was quite nearby.....

....and we had a wander round the quiet streets....

....we found a church....but I had nothing to confess....

....and we found a quiet cafe for a natter.....

....and we had a wander along the harbour.....the fishing boats were lined up along the quay.....

.....i had a paddle....

....and look what we saw!!

if the little movie isnt showing up for you you can see it here....

....the fishing boats throw their scraps overboard every morning and the turtles come in to make the most of them....

.....there were some smarter boats too....

...I was invited aboard to view the facilities....

....but as some of the family get seasick we stayed firmly on the quayside and watched the boats leave without us....

....I found a big bone for Miss Lola...but it turned out to be a fossil so it would not have made good eating....!!

....all that walking sent us looking for something cold to cool us down....

.....that's the first half of my holiday snaps my friends....there will be some more to follow....

Woof....Clapton

Summer has arrived....

Hello my dear friends....I have very exciting news to bring you this week.....


On Friday I accompanied the Typist to Wimbledon to see some tennis....as is customary for the British summer it was pouring down with rain when we set off...

....I got excited when we reached Wimbledon station until the Typist told me this was just a shopping centre....

....I was all kitted out with my tickets and access-all-areas pass....

I arrived very early and looked to see who we might be watching during the day....we were very lucky to be on No.1 court....

I made sure to visit Centre Court to ensure that a seat was being reserved for my friend @maggiemay_hem for next weekend...

...and then we retired to the lounge to wait for our friends to arrive....

I was very lucky to be inside and not out sharing the rain with the other spectators....

...it was a good job we had arrived early as there was quite a crowd jostling for seats....

...and only a few minutes late play started after lunch and we saw Mr David Ferrer win a very exciting match.....

...when it had finished I visited Murray Mound (Henman Hill) to see the crowds who had braved all the rain....

...and visited some of the outer courts to check on the Mens Doubles....

....but it seemed like each match was finishing just as I arrived....

....so I settled on having some cake and waiting for the next match....we did eventually see some tennis later in the day but it was cut short a bit by bad weather...hey ho...

....there were lots of famous people at Wimbledon...but I think they were more surprised to see me...

On Sunday I took Grandma to Chartwell, which is Where Sir WInston Churchill lived....we sat and had a cup of tea before starting our tour....

This is his sitting room...but uh oh...we were not supposed to take photos inside and I got into trouble....

This is the outside of the house....it was a very sunny day and the gardens were full of families and doggies enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon...

..this is the view from his painting studio back to the main house....

I made sure his carp were under control because I know how Miss Molly (@jackmolly3) worries about them....

On sunday we took William to see a music college and then we loafed in the garden....

...Miss Lola had to seek shade to ensure she was not fried like a bit of bacon....

...I think she found it all a bit exhausting....

Clapton, Border Terrier HQ...