Abingdonian 2018

69 www.abingdon.org.uk Summer Term sailing. We left Idhra marina mid-morning and sailed eastwards, passing the small island of Georgios south of the tip of Attica and going all the way to Kithnos. It was a rough crossing; several of the crew were looking quiet and thoughtful that day. At the end of it, however, we had a relaxing dinner ashore and enjoyed ice cream afterwards. The next morning saw us sailing north towards the west side of Kea. We found a fairly crowded bay, but in the evening made it to a scenic dinner at a restaurant on the hill. The next day, we went back west and stopped for lunch in the bay at Sounion, where some of us went up the hill to the temple of Poseidon. Enjoying a good wind, we made our way back past the shipping lanes to the western side of Aegina, where we anchored for the night and watched the sunset while enjoying dinner at a restaurant. On the morning of the last day, we had to bring the boats back to Athens by 9am, so we left Aegina at 5:30am and got in some early morning sailing around the north side of the island. We arrived at our marina on time while avoiding the morning shipping and had a late breakfast at Dia Noche’s. Our whole group then went by tram up to the Acropolis, where we took some great photos of the Parthenon and theatres in the sun. Lunch on the way down was followed by the long bus ride back to the airport where we caught our evening flight back home. Dashiell Hathaway, 4RAJ