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Getting Ready

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We are sitting in Nidri in the middle of a Greek rain storm which only shows signs of getting worse for the rest of the day.  However it is giving us time to get ourselves more organised.  We have been to the port police today and begun the process of turning the boat back into a private yacht.  It seemed to go smoothly and is another step along the way.  We have talked through our arrival in March and it all seems to be quite straight forward, jobs have been discussed and we have been offered lots of help if we need it.  Phil has started a couple of jobs and I have had a lesson on how to do this blog, most of which has gone straight out of my head.  But as Phil says, I've got months to learn.  So there is nothing else to do but hunker down for the afternoon and enjoy not being at work.

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  1. George Bliss12 November 2010 at 11:26

    What filthy weather :-)

    Keep blogging it will keep us UK-ers going

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