… in the archipelago of the Sporadic Islands, which also includes, apart from Angina just across the strait, the islands of Dos, Domestos, Manki, Kranki and Skanki, (the nearby islands of Hanki and Panki are actually part of the Ironic Islands) it is raining.
And I don’t just mean raining, but belting it down. That’s a good thing too because here on the island of Anxios there is no water, and every morning a water tanker, the Filiatra, steams (or rather, diesels) in from Piraeus and unloads a couple of thousand gallons.
After my walk down to the baker and the grocery shop, I was rather wet. But not so a family of feral cats that I encountered (the island is overrun with cats) – they had colonised a rubbish bin and had made something of a nest there. They didn’t half have a surprise when I opened it up to put a piece of rubbish in.
The weather brightened up right at the end of the afternoon and we were treated to a gorgeous rainbow over the island of Angina. A full rainbow too that went right out to the Soporific Islands way in the distance.
We were all casting about to see if anyone actually had a spade or two – we could have made our fortunes (and let’s face it, after this last 6 or 7 weeks I could really do with it too).
As the sun went down, we all gathered on the terrace to sing a mantra … "persontra" – ed … to the gathering dusk, and then we went off to our evening meal.
As far as the food goes, I’m being well-looked-after here and can’t complain at all. Proper vegan food – maybe not adventurous cooking but perfectly adequate all the same, and my little room is quite comfortable. I’m quite enjoying myself here right now and I’m glad that I came.
