Fortunately we didn’t need the heating on this morning after a slightly warmer night, which gave way to a beautiful sunny, warm day, but it was also Market Day in Finike.

So, after a late breakfast, we met Mai Tai (Kay and Lane) , together with a few other cruisers and walked the short distance to the market. We’d been told about this weekly event ahead of time, but we were, nonetheless, pleasantly surprised. Not only by the cleanliness and extent of the market, but also the lovely walk we enjoyed through gardens and along a canal, albeit that the Spring flowers weren’t in bloom yet. We actually can’t wait to see the gardens in full bloom, especially over all the little bridges that cross the canal, in all the planters that we saw hanging along the guardrails and the numerous rose gardens.

When we eventually returned to Paw Paw, after enjoying a hot drink and a savoury Turkish pancake at the market and loaded up with our supply of fruits, vegetables and absolutely delicious Turkish delight, Elaine enjoyed a marathon chat to her sister in Ireland, whom she hadn’t spoken to since Thailand, while Roy secured our passerelle to prevent it from falling into the water. As yet there’s no means of preventing Elaine from falling into the water, except for Roy helping her across it. Definitely not ideal!

Then, with the sun about to dip behind the mountains, Elaine spent the remainder of her afternoon finishing off the hand cleaning activities in the cockpit, removing the rest of the emergency equipment from the lifelines, removing the barberhauler sheets and washing all the jacklines, all to be stowed for quite sometime. This meant that the cockpit area was looking presentable again and we could at least invite visitors onboard and offer them a place to sit. We were settling in slowly!