Day 22 (Wednesday) and Day 23 (Thursday)
As the weather is getting cooler now (some days it struggles
to get above 30 degrees) we have run out of excuses not to go walking. After breakfast we headed out of town to St
Antony’s Steps. We climbed all 97 of the
steps to the top then spent a pleasant hour or so reading and enjoying the
view. The sound of the cicadas was quite
deafening and on our way back down the steps we nearly stood on one. He started to follow us home and we
considered keeping him as a pet and calling him ‘Neil’.
In the evening after dinner we went for another walk around
the town and listened to some Dalmatian harmony singers. By Dalmatian I am of course referring to the
area and not the spotty dogs.
In the evening we went for a walk around the harbour
and saw a nice yacht called the Eclipse. Details here: http://www.superyachttimes.com/yachts/details/1044/
It had very powerful lights fitted underneath the hull that
lit up the sea, turning it into a kind of aquarium. We noticed a rather large fish swimming about
and it started to draw a small crowd.
Word must have got out because a group of young lads suddenly turned up
with a harpoon gun! At the sight of this
the people on board shouted “turn off the lights!”. Despite the desperate pleas of the young lads
they wouldn’t turn them back on again. I’m
not sure if the people on board were worried about the fish or the hull of their
yacht being harpooned.
looking up St Antony's Steps
looking down St Antony's Steps
a photo for Sheila
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