The wind has not eased, it is blowing gusts of 30mph. We take breakfast at our last place Sante Irene, very good too, savoury crepe for me, coffee and orange juice. We walk like 2 crippled people, our calves are rock hard from the Gorge walk, so painful! Walking once we get going is not so bad but going down steps, OUCH! By 930 we are on route up and over the mountains to the north coast. Russ takes it very careful and I feel fine, dozing quite a bit due to m...

I slept better than I thought, gel earplugs are amazing at keeping snores out especially when they are close vicinity! The pillow is not bad at all. I am awake at 530 am so we rise as alarm was going off at 6. Russ goes down to the bakery and brings back coffee and croissants. It is pitch black with the stars and moon shining bright over the sea. As we get ready the sun lightens to purple pink tones of the sun rise. I set to sorting the ‘toe’ out. I place p...

Day 4 Crete 16/9/18 Off we go to Sougia Another beautiful sunrise and happily I just made it which means a good night sleep for me. Air con has a low fan setting so not really noisy and helps with the hot flushes. I would like to go back to Elafonissi for couple of hours before our 1.5hrb journey to Sougia through the mountain villages. We are going to stop at Eros and Kandanos. I typed Kandanos in google last night and we read about the the Holocaust of Ka...

Much better sleep, still awake for sun rise, just at 7 the sky is different this morning the horizon is purple and virtually cloudless. I start to write this, my blog as Russ lies beside me, snoring away. So much for my promise of a coffee at 7! After breakfast we head to Aspri Limni (i.e. White Lake). It is one of the most weird beaches in Crete, that almost nobody knows. This is a small secret beach, located 500m west of Chrysoskalitissa monastery. This is w...

Not a bad night sleep for me though awake from 5am so enjoyed watching the sun rise. The colour of the sky changing from yellow to pinks to purple over the sea and monastery. Sat on the balcony I can hear the birds singing and goats bleating as well as Russ’s snoring! Breakfast is included, coffee, fresh orange juice, toast, homemade marmalade (scrummy), bacon, tomatoes, eggs, cake and yoghurt. We take coffe in our travel costa mugs/ flasks and glad I did ...