It’s been good to hear that the village has been busy of an evening of late. At least, it’s good for me who doesn’t have to go back to work at seven-thirty and run around until midnight. September is traditionally what I call Northern European month, and follows the Southern European months of July and August. A great generalisation I know, but that’s just how it feels as the Italian, French and Greek conversations give way to English, Danish and others from further north. The temperature is settling down to around 30° and holding, which means the creepy crawlies are due to return from within walls and under rocks, and the hot water tank needs to go back on for 20 minutes per day, but the windows remain open for now, and the fan is on standby.
You might be wondering about the hot water thing. Well… Our sterna is bust and has been for some years, so we have a black plastic water tank on the bathroom roof. This sits in direct sunlight all day, turning the cold water warm. Warm enough to negate the need to add hot water to it when taking an afternoon shower. So, we turn off the hot tank and, when the cold water gets too hot to use on its own, cool it down with cold water from the hot tank, because the hot water is inside and shaded and therefore cold, while the cold water isn’t. The only time it gets a bit dodgy is if you shower directly after the mains water comes in (cold) and tops up the (warm/cold) tank. In that case, it’s still cold in the cold tank as it hasn’t had time to heat up.
I’m glad we’ve cleared that up. Here’s a photo of cats.
They were chilling out at Pavone the other morning when we called in. And talking of cats, there are some featured in next year’s Symi calendar which you can only find here:
I’m off for the weekend now, so I’ll see you back here bright and earlyish on Monday. Have a good one.
