Marvellous Meganisi

Preparing to leave harbour for the first time on a flotilla holiday, is always a thrilling moment; we can't imagine that it could ever be otherwise. There is a massive sense of anticipation. Now that we have a few flotillas under our belt, it's less the excitement of venturing into the unknown, and more about the excitement of returning to some of our favourite places.

Our destination for our first day's sail was the town quay at Little Vathi on the island of Meganisi. It's tempting to keep the delights of Meganisi a secret, but we simply can't, we have to extol it's virtues as it' s probably our favourite Greek island.

It was a lovely first day, with a great sail and a fine swim from anchor in secluded bay, round the headland from Vathi town. On reaching the harbour, our lead crew expertly moored us in a fine spot on the town quay, and Louis soon had us ashore and exploring.

It's only a small town, but the essentials are there, namely lots of tavernas and a fine bakery. It doesn't take many minutes to get out into the quiet Greek countryside among the stone walls and the olive trees. It's such a peaceful spot ...

Lois took us to one of Meganisi's tourist attractions - a sunken aeroplane on the sea bed. The water was lovely and still and beautifully clear, as it tends to be in Greece, so we could see the plane really well and enjoyed swimming and diving round it.

We dined that night at a fine waterfront taverna where customers got a free shower - and very fine showers they were too. At the end of our meal we watched a fishing boat come in and unload it's catch of tuna, but we'd eaten too well to want to buy any.

Sheer bliss!

Lots of love, Eddie, Louis and crew xxx

Final Shore Side Adventures (we think)

As you will probably have gathered by the number of mentions it's had in recent posts, our favourite Ionian Greek island is Meganisi. We were very lucky, therefore, to stop at 2 different harbours on this island - not one immediately after the other. Instead we arrived, left, went over to the mainland and then came back the next day.

Little Port Vathi, our first stop, is a great place. As on the previous flotilla that we (George & Yorkie) did, (it was before Eddie joined Bears Unlimited) we didn't moor up at the town quay we moored at George's taverna. What a great name for a taverna, I (George) say! Eddie particularly liked the opportunity to practice using lazy lines instead of throwing the anchor overboard. He'll explain lazy lines at great length to anyone who is interested!


Between George's taverna and the town quay is this great bear sized chapel. O.k. it's a bit bigger than bear sized as we realise what small blobs we are in the picture - have you seen us, we are there? - but even so it is a lot smaller than your average church. Believe it or not, this chapel is a shrine to the massive tuna that used to mate annually in the bay and sustained the islanders for centuries.

Apparently the tuna have now all gone. We wondered if we might summon them back by ringing the bell. We thought it a bit of a long shot, but it would give us an excuse to ring the bell.


This is another picture where you have to look hard to see me, but I am there putting the whole of my body through the end of the bell pull to get enough downward momentum to produce a satisfying dong (actually it was more of a ding!).

After leaving the church we went to explore the submerged wreck of a plane which was round the other side of the town key. We snorkelled round it but thankfully didn't find any signs of occupants.

Lots of love George & Yorkie xxx