Unfortunately we were without water for most of the day. It would appear that the water tanks furnishing parts of the village had run dry. Not everyone was affected, Di and Rob didn't have any disruption at al lucky buggersl!!! The biggest problem was that the Water Authority in Paphos is SHUT for the holidays as is our Community Office so it was very hard to get through to anyone to notify them of the issue but eventually it was sorted.
John had an early start this morning as he had agreed to pick Les up from the garage where he was leaving his car and bring him back to Droushia. In theory this would have been fine but we think Les mistook the word for the day after tomorrow μεθαύριο for the word for tomorrow αύριο because the place was shut when they arrived and I had to text Marianna to find out if it was going to be open which it wasn't so that was all a bit of a waste of time. John did persuade Les to leave the car there and drop the keys off to Marianna rather than take the poorly motor back up the hill to Droushia.
Whilst I was waiting for John to return I did a bit of gardening. My chili plant from Di is producing a mega crop - unlike my tomatoes which did absolutely nothing!!! I shall have to freeze a load of these because I have far more than I am likely to be able to use on a daily basis but it is lovely to see them appear and grow looking all fresh and glossy.
As we were hanging about waiting to see whether the water was going to come back or not, and answering texts from the locals asking me the same, I decided to sort out a couple of entries for this week's competition, the theme being Ships/Boats/Sailing. Some of the entries are absolutely top notch, mine by comparison look very simple and child-like - but they at least swell the numbers - I have now got so few tubes of water colour that have not gone rock solid that I shall soon struggle and may have to bite the bullet and take a trip to Jumbos although I am not really that desperate!!!
The water did come back later afternoon. This was good because we had decided to take a walk into the village and go to the cemetery and check the post and then stop for a little light refreshment at O Stathmos.
Unlike last night when the evening turned quite chilly and damp tonight was warm and balmy - maybe because we were sat in the enclosed outside bit which Bambos now uses as his dining area. The road here is more or less complete and looks good. We hope that like Inea there will be a mass tidying up and improvement in the village - Inea used to look so scruffy but now has new stone walling all over the place and derelict buildings seem to have been tarted up so it is now a much more attractive village than it ever used to be.
The sun went down like a ball of flame - it swathed the buildings in an orange glow - looking around it felt good to see holiday makers and visitors wandering around - some calling in to sample Bambos's cooking or just having a drink. Fingers crossed that the village will survive all the disruption and go from strength to strength.
John had an early start this morning as he had agreed to pick Les up from the garage where he was leaving his car and bring him back to Droushia. In theory this would have been fine but we think Les mistook the word for the day after tomorrow μεθαύριο for the word for tomorrow αύριο because the place was shut when they arrived and I had to text Marianna to find out if it was going to be open which it wasn't so that was all a bit of a waste of time. John did persuade Les to leave the car there and drop the keys off to Marianna rather than take the poorly motor back up the hill to Droushia.
Whilst I was waiting for John to return I did a bit of gardening. My chili plant from Di is producing a mega crop - unlike my tomatoes which did absolutely nothing!!! I shall have to freeze a load of these because I have far more than I am likely to be able to use on a daily basis but it is lovely to see them appear and grow looking all fresh and glossy.
As we were hanging about waiting to see whether the water was going to come back or not, and answering texts from the locals asking me the same, I decided to sort out a couple of entries for this week's competition, the theme being Ships/Boats/Sailing. Some of the entries are absolutely top notch, mine by comparison look very simple and child-like - but they at least swell the numbers - I have now got so few tubes of water colour that have not gone rock solid that I shall soon struggle and may have to bite the bullet and take a trip to Jumbos although I am not really that desperate!!!
The water did come back later afternoon. This was good because we had decided to take a walk into the village and go to the cemetery and check the post and then stop for a little light refreshment at O Stathmos.Unlike last night when the evening turned quite chilly and damp tonight was warm and balmy - maybe because we were sat in the enclosed outside bit which Bambos now uses as his dining area. The road here is more or less complete and looks good. We hope that like Inea there will be a mass tidying up and improvement in the village - Inea used to look so scruffy but now has new stone walling all over the place and derelict buildings seem to have been tarted up so it is now a much more attractive village than it ever used to be.
The sun went down like a ball of flame - it swathed the buildings in an orange glow - looking around it felt good to see holiday makers and visitors wandering around - some calling in to sample Bambos's cooking or just having a drink. Fingers crossed that the village will survive all the disruption and go from strength to strength.
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