15th September

During the night several thumps vaguely penetrated my sleep. That was Lucinda chasing a cat off the boat. After breakfast we walked 3km round the bay to one of Cephalonia's main tourist attractions. The Melissani cave is reached through a short slope descending through the rock. Most of the cave is open to the sky as the roof collapsed, probably thousands of years ago. The space is filled with water that has filtered through rocks from the other (western) side of the island. Our €7 each entrance fee entitled us to be rowed for 10 minutes around the cave before being ejected once again through the gift shop to the surface. We motored south to moor in the harbour at Poros. This is a dusty, sad place although quiet and sheltered.