15 - 16 October 2023 - Corfu Town

On Sunday we had the day at anchor as we have arrived back in Corfu Town in advance of our next guest arriving.  The weather is warm and for now at least, stable.  Maybe not so over the next few days. We took the opportunity to spend the day in town, walking through the narrow streets and alleys. Generally getting in the steps that we can’t when we are just on the boat. It was the longest that we had spent off the boat for quite a long time.

We had coffee in the crowded tourist area, next to the cricket pitch, and we were delighted to see a team training.  It seems quite incongruous to see cricket played in an area not renown for it. After lunch in the town we wandered back towards where the tender was moored, but then decided to continue on right around the bay, and have a closer look at the windmill on the promontory, and the a drink at a seaside bar and watch a fleet of youngsters in dinghies doing practice races.  Although it is at the end of the season, all of  the bars and restaurants still seem to be in full operation.


The view over the bay, with Equinox at anchor and the windmill in the far distance.

A bit closer.

The Opis out being coached

Frustratingly, when we eventually arrived back on board, the internet signal was not good enough to allow us to watch any of the Rugby World Cup.  Shame!

On Monday, we had to go ashore again, with the most important mission to return our Transit Log, and tell the authorities that we heading back to Italy.  This is the last place that we will stop that we can do this.  In the Port Police office, we saw the same lady who had checked us in, and she seemed to remember the boat’s name, if not our faces.  After this, a further walk to the customs post to actually hand in the document.  Our experience of dealing with the Port Police have been much more friendly and favourable than we had been told to expect. 

This is the "New" fortress

We managed to get a bit closer to the pirate ship as well

Armed with fresh food supplies for the next few days, we headed back to Equinox. Just one more trip ashore to be made, to pick up our visitor from a jetty at the side of the road tonight.

Miles today               0 

Miles in 2023      1154

Steve (and Tricia) 

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