Back from Turkey

It's not all that easy coming back from three weeks on a boat. I am shocked by how unstable London has become, seemingly waving around in all directions and bouncing up and down. Dealing with traffic after three weeks where everything happens in relative slow motion has been unpleasant. Dealing with the surly attitude of everyone I don't know brings home how friendly, gentle and helpful the Southern Turks really are.

Laundry left at a Marina laundry service by accident (we sailed off without collecting it) was recovered for us by the wife of one of the little restauranters whose place we like to eat at without fuss and accompanied by a refusal to accept any form of payment except reimbursement of the costs of the laundry service. The charterers engineer drove 4 hours each way to where the boat was to sort an oil leak without complaint and without fuss about half an hour after we called to say there was a problem. Beat that in the UK. I don't think so really.....

And the food, oh, the food. That's for another post.