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Post by katet on Aug 29, 2021 13:25:44 GMT
Thought I may as well follow Dennis's lead and start early! I hope this link works, if not I'll find a YouTube one. I've changed my musical taste quite a lot since Covid struck - a strange side effect! I used to like a lot of girl-music (Dido, Alanis Morissette, Sheryl Crowe & Lana del Ray) but have been listening to more rock, mostly older stuff like Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters. (I still love Pink Floyd most of all, though 😍)
This horrible past couple of years has taught us - if nothing else - that life can change in a very short space of time and that we have to grab the good times when we can. Freedom is an illusion! Skiathos makes me happier than anywhere else - am sure many of you feel the same. I feel as though I can be truly myself when there 💙
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Post by exgreekgod on Aug 29, 2021 14:47:16 GMT
you can't beat a bit of Floyd, I was dancing to Another Brick In The Wall in Blind Dog last night, much to the other half's dismay!!
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Post by katet on Aug 29, 2021 15:50:52 GMT
Brilliant! 😂 (And why ever not?!)
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Post by dennisn on Aug 29, 2021 17:15:37 GMT
Look herel, I didn't put bangy thumpy music on my thread. At least promise me you won't put that link in every post you make - I'd not want it to play every time I read your feedback!
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Post by kevb on Aug 30, 2021 5:43:59 GMT
I hope we manage to meet up with Kate before we fly home. Its great to meet up with holiday pals but the logistics can get a bit tricky the more you expand the group sizes.
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Post by yorkshiremouth on Aug 30, 2021 8:44:16 GMT
I had Wish You Were Here on earlier in the week.
Despite the rest of the tribe having instruction that I wasn’t to be disturbed for the next 45 minutes or so, I had to press pause no fewer than 8 times.
Theo is a Foo Fighters fan, by the way.
Looking forward to the reports.
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Post by katet on Aug 30, 2021 11:17:13 GMT
Kev - we overlap by 3 clear days. I arrive late-ish on 6th, so there's an opportunity Tues/Wed/Thurs if you're back on the Friday. I'm in town too .... so excited, I'll be at the airport this time next week!
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Post by katet on Aug 30, 2021 11:18:05 GMT
Steven - Theo has good taste in music too!
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Post by katet on Sept 2, 2021 11:40:43 GMT
I recently read (in one of the FB groups) that Skiathos is in for "bad" weather next week. Well, have just checked on AccuWeather and it looks perfectly acceptable to me! Yes, the likelihood of a few storms, with possibly two rainy days and the temp dropping a bit low (20C) for a couple of days, but then back up to a healthy 25C - 28C. I'm sure I'll be able to cope - better than my recent trip, where it was 40-43C and I couldn't do much at all! I always take a waterproof & will pack a couple of long-sleeved tops, too. There's a plan for a group walk to Ligares from bus stop 16 during my second week - when it's back up to 28C & humid. I was up for it if the weather was c o o l enough, but now might just be cadging a lift!!! Note: have had to type the word c o o l like this to stop it doing this ...
Right ... the ironing calls 😁 (The only time I don't mind is when it's holiday ironing, like today!)
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Post by dennisn on Sept 2, 2021 13:52:19 GMT
My iPhone says it'll be OK a week tomorrow when we go.I really don't care about the weather, except the days we arrive and depart - I don't want to be messed about at JSI. Anybody who has looked at my youtube videos will know that we are not immune to a bit of rain - indeed, Angela at Villa Maria often begs me to hire a Jimny so that she can have a day off from watering the garden - rumour has it that it rains whenever we hire a Jimny (and out of concern, I usually check to see if the roof fits reasonably, at least at the front above where we sit, and if it has wiper blades - I once had to change them myself when I took it back because the blades were useless and the man had no idea how to do it - I took them off their other Jimny on the forecourt).
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Post by balddave on Sept 2, 2021 15:21:57 GMT
Word on the ground , so to speak, is a possibility of thunderstorms on Monday, we’ve seen this before and encountered an hour or so’s downpour. Today has been pleasantly warm 27-29 degrees but very windy , the actual temperature out of town seemed less than reality.
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Post by katet on Sept 2, 2021 15:40:40 GMT
Yes - rainy & thundery for my arrival. I like a dramatic entrance!!! Then afternoon rain on the Friday to welcome Dennis 😮
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Post by dennisn on Sept 3, 2021 7:25:45 GMT
Kate you need to get a new phone. My iPhone says sunny and I know which one I want to believe!
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Post by kevb on Sept 3, 2021 15:21:02 GMT
It was actually chilly eating breakfast in the courtyard in short sleeves this morning but it perked up and has been nice this afternoon.
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Post by katet on Sept 3, 2021 18:13:23 GMT
Dennis - my iPhone says rainy Monday to Wednesday and windy on Thursday, so I prefer AccuWeather's predictions!! Actually, as long as I'm there I won't really mind - it's bound to be better than here 😎
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