26th May

We'd gone to bed but music was still thumping from the bar on shore when an enormous thunderstorm swept in. Bright jagged rents of lightning ripped through the clouds and arced to the sea. The atmosphere crackled and then the rain came. The wind picked up but not by much. All around people with torches were moving in their boats. After an hour or so it passed over and all was quiet. The grandchildren slept on blissfully unaware of any excitement. We sailed and then motored slowly 15 miles south along the Albanian and then the Greek mainland. As we were nearing our destination we saw a large turtle paddling along just under the surface. By early afternoon we were in Sayiadha. The harbour entrance was narrow but once we had squeezed inside the small harbour we made ourselves secure. Most of the crew headed for the local beach. Later we went to a restaurant on the quayside for supper and David and I stayed on to watch the Champions League final.