It was very cold this morning, with the wind chill making it feel like only 2 °C. I was cold with my hat, gloves and thick coat on so I have no idea how these 7 lads braved the cold.
Epiphany 2015
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Autumn
Summer is now almost over. When the very last charter flight takes summer visitors back home on October 29th, we will all feel that Autumn is truly here.
October has so far been warm and sunny but it looks like the rains will arrive on the 23rd. You can find out what the weather is doing in Molyvos by visiting the Molyvos Weather Station.
All of the tourist industry is now winding down (if not already closed) and Lesvos is preparing for winter. You might think that this will mean lots of relaxation and catching up on sleep. There is however just the small matter of picking the olives from more than 11 million olive trees that cover over a quarter of the island! It is very hard, back breaking work that results in world famous, award winning olive
oil. Next time you visit Lesvos you must take time to visit the Museum of Industrial Olive-Oil Production in Agia Paraskevi.
So while the winter rains (and snows perhaps) are falling there is something you can do to keep just a little ‘summer’ alive. Read through some of our pages and start to plan where you will visit next year. Lesvos is blessed. There is so much to see, so much to do and so much to experience. Lesvos has already started preparing for your visit.
Make sure you are ready!
Alternative Sailing
Why is sailing around Lesvos so special?
Sailing and Lesvos, just two words or two Worlds?
Where do they meet?
They meet in Alternative Sailing.
Read why sailing around Lesvos is a dream for the novice and expert alike and make your dreams come true.
The Captain’s Table is open.
After an explosion and fire destroyed the Captain’s Table in Molyvos harbour on Tuesday 13 May, nobody believed that the restaurant could possibly re-open this summer. Nobody except Melinda, Theo and the family that is.
Today is Thursday 6 August and all the hard work has paid off.
The Captain’s Table is open!
When you consider that what was left of the old building had to be knocked down before
the rebuild could start, you realise just how much hard work has gone into today’s opening.
The building is new, the kitchen is new, the tables and chairs were rescued from the debris of the explosion. Even the badly burnt tree next to the restaurant is making an effort and today has new green shoots to help celebrate the re-opening.
A new chapter begins for the Captains Table, let us hope that the final lines are
“and they all lived happily ever after.”
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- The old sign survived the fire.
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- Melinda back taking her first order.
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- New kitchen ready to go.
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- The new building – looking good.
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- All set and ready.
Lesvos Lightning
On 6 August we had another spectacular electrical storm. Lesvos Lightning can be dramatic and the gaps between strikes can sometimes be counted in seconds. Below is a very short video that gives you some idea of the ‘fun’. Luckily for us, the rain didn’t arrive so we could sit on out on our doorstep and admire the show.
I am not sure that the people of Sigri and Eressos would have enjoyed it quite as much, the ground strikes seemed to be mostly in their direction. As you can see from the times of the strikes, that was a pretty hectic 10 minutes. I should also say that I did miss quite a few others in that period! These are just the most spectacular.
If you have any pictures of the Lesvos Lightning Show then please email them to us, we would love to share them.
Of course, we had plenty of time to prepare as Weather Underground gave a pretty accurate forecast. I like to think that was because of the data coming from the Molyvos Weather Station, but I suspect others had a hand in it too.