San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

Lots of love to you both! Have a good rest and a lovely winter! We're so glad the season ended up so well and we hope we'll see you next year.xx

Outside. Three plants in a trough against a six-foot wall.  We didn't think many were going to redden, and were about to prepare to make green tomato chutney. I think they must have heard and felt ashamed!
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Yes, we had nearly given up on them and then in the last week or so we had lots going red!  Don't think it would have happened tho' if we hadn't had this last burst of sunny days! It is a bit of fun tho! We, like you so better on the runner beans! We scatter them round our friends! Must try blueberries. 

There have always been cars on the beach and they pose no problem at all. We go every day to that end of the beach and you don't see them apart from when you are walking past.  As TB says there is nowhere in the village to park and all the roads are narrow and have to cater for deliveries, the lorries taking away the seaweed, boats attached to cars going to the harbour etc. It is a huge beach so there is plenty of room. At weekends locals come to the beach to enjoy it! It is not our beach, it is not our country, we all love the place so can we not let the local people look after their beach! Sorry, but I don't think it is up to us to judge.

Yes it was scary arriving at kalamata! The air was still full of falling ash and small fires kept popping up by the side of the road. The devastation was dreadful. Also the amazing luck as the fires missed one building or area of land when all those nearby were burnt. We've never had such a quiet coach journey across from Kalamata to Tolon. We'll never forget it.

The old view used to show a bit more of the pool and I agree it was a bit better when you could see more pool.

As I understand it, it's not "u" on its own that sounds like an f or v, it does sound like an "u" as pronounced in the north of England. It only sounds like f or v when precede by an e or a u, as in Epidaurus and or eugenia which is pronounces evyenniaa. I think. Anyway it's what I was taught in the Greek classes I went to!

Thanks for the update Jackie. Very wet here today but a bit warmer thank goodness. Just longing for some hot weather!  It's always interesting to see how the beach changes over the year. But could be a long time before it gets back to what it was a few years back. x

Beautiful!! Wish we were there!  Have a good autumn and winter. XX
Gillie and Jim