Author Archives: Dick Whittering

Hello again from a bit of a noisy Crete . . . The quiet of the village is fast disappearing as the local Dimos (Council) have decided that they will dig up the only road through the place and recover … Continue reading →

Greetings from a pleasantly mild and quiet Crete. All the tourists have now gone, all the coaches have been put away for the Winter, most of the shops and Tavernas have closed and we are left with one or two … Continue reading →

Greetings once again from a pleasantly warm corner of the Med even if a little damp from time to time . . . So, how are you today? Are you well? Still breathing? Good, now all you have to do … Continue reading →

Hi again. This is being started on 7th September prior to a quick three-day visit to the UK where we hope to find things a little cooler. For the past three weeks, each day the temperature at the house has … Continue reading →

Greetings again from a very confused Crete where due to all the financial jiggery-pokery that has been going on, we don’t really know if we are coming or going or been and gone. Still the weather has been nice and … Continue reading →

T’other day, we had a referendum. The pundits said it would be ‘too close to call’. These must be the same pundits who said the other month that the UK election was too close to call and there would be … Continue reading →

Hi again from a pleasantly warm bottom right-hand corner of the Med. Well, the tourist season has arrived but where are all the tourists? Currently numbers are down around 50% which is a heck of a lot of lost revenue … Continue reading →

Hi again. As some of you may have noticed last month, we finally have the new call. I have been trying to use it on the bands each day, just to spread the word and it has been nice to … Continue reading →

Greetings once again from the South East corner of the Mediterranean where over the past month we have had everything from wall to wall sunshine with very high temperatures to snow and sleet. Congratulations: I guess congratulations are in order … Continue reading →