A derelict building near Mandraki harbour
A Trip to Lindos and More Cats of Rhodes, Ρόδος και Λίνδος, Greece - 28th October 2023
There's a chance to see some of actual ancient Greece as we've booked a trip on the Triton boat from Mandraki Harbour in Rhodes to the small village of Lindos, about 30 miles down the coast. The trip's a bit more interesting than usual as the boat stops off on the way down, and back, to let people off for a swim - and one of the stops is none other than the bay used in the classic war film The Guns of Navarone. It's now known as Anthony Quinn Bay, after the eponymous actor in the film had tried (and ultimately failed) to buy it all as a centre for artists and film-makers. Once we get to Lindos, we head up the acropolis on the hill, however it's a hot day so the rest of the gang opt to head back down to a café, whilst Nosher stays on and climbs higher to explore. Then, after a sunset walk on the beach, we head off into the old town to find more cats. Finally, we're off on a late-night flight back, however Isobel sorts out the use of a "shower room" so she and Harry can have a last-minute swim and then we can have a shower before leaving for the airport. The taxi gets to the hotel earlier than planned, so we have loads of time to kill at the airport - where everything's closed - but there is something of a diversion as a bunch of gobshite boozed-up British younglings on the flight to Manchester are having a blazing row because Chloe snogged Cameron or something. Glasses are smashed and the police arrive to haul them all off for a night in the cells.
next album: Painting the Set at the Village Hall, Garboldisham, Norfolk - 8th November 2023
previous album: The Cats of Rhodes, Ρόδος, Greece - 24th October 2023
The boat's gang plank
The Guns of Navarone rock
Harry looks out in Anthony Quinn Bay
Isobel and other passengers go for a swim
Passengers are on the lookout for dolphins
A dolphin does its thing
Another dolphin heads towards the boat
A view of the acropolis of Lindos
A tourist struggles onto a donkey
The beach parasols of Lindos
More tourists on donkeys
The Chapel of Saint George Pahimahiotis
Another donkey group heads up the hill
The 180BC Rhodian trireme bas-relief
Carvings on part of the original stoa
A stone room with some archaeological bits
Isobel and the boys sit on a rock
The 4th-century Propylaea, or gatewy
The remains of the church of St. John
The remains of the Hellenistic Stoa
A view over the town of Lindos
The blue waters of the Aegean
A large swallowtail butterfly floats around
The temple of Athena Lindia, from 300BC
More Greek columns
There's an orange-juice bar near the acropolis
A nice view on the path back down
The whitewashed buildins of Lindos
Plant pots on some steps
An invisible cat of Lindos
Harry plays around with his ice
Another view of St. George Pahimahiotis
The view from the Ginger Terrace café
A view over Pallas Beach
A makeshift shed in a cave
The boys look for swimming gear
The crystal-clear waters of the bay
The boat stops off at another swimming spot
Someone leaps off the boat
Fred hurls himself in
The boat Triton, back at Mandraki harbour
We find a whole pile of kittens in a flowerbed
Isobel's on Georgiou Papanikolaou
Fred points at the old Imperial Hotel wreck
The Finnish karaoke bar, Suomalainen Ravintola
The boys are on the beach for another sunset
The boys, with the Mitsis Grand in the background
The sunset becomes an Instagram moment
The sun kisses the horizon
We're in the 'tiny guitar' shop down the road
Harry peers out for the boys' room
The backstreet behind the hotel
Isobel waits at the end of a long corridor
Another bombed-out apartment block
A restaurant has a vegan forcefield in action
More destroyed-looking apartments
The sun goes down over the Aegean
Isobel sits on a wall and does phone stuff
A plane comes in to land at Diagoras airport
We visit a shrine in the cliff
The sky goes pink over Akti Miaouli
The sun has set
We walk back to the hotel
A Greek flag on the beach
Huts on the beach
A view over Nikiforou Mandilara
It's time for white wine on the balcony
Nosher flakes out for a bit
Harry at the evening buffet
Ouzo and Espresso Martinis by the pool bar
The boys are in the games room
Fred does a racing game
Fred watches the entertainment
Some sort of dancing occurs
Our hotel room
We hang out at the pool bar, killing time
A Rhodian pay phone
Isobel scopes out the 'tiny guitar' gift shop
A small cat roams around
A dude on a moped feeds the cats with catfood
Cats eat from a pile of tinned catfood on the ground
Loads of jars of honey
Some dude makes jewellry at a roadside stall
We head off into the old town for the last time
The fridge magnets are very good value in Rhodes
We stop off for a last drink at Niki's Place
Fred wanders past some weird mannequins
One of the many city gates
Fred finds a shop that has a good range of cubes
Isobel checks out a Rubik's cube
An artist paints a scene
A derelict cocktail bar
The boys walk past a wrecked building
Traveland has long since closed up
Isobel and Harry on the beach for a last swim
More pink skies of the sea
Sunset over the Mitsis Grand hotel
Some late-night swimmers bob around
The boys hang out in our 'shower room'
Fred and Isobel get last-minute drinks at the bar
Harry plays stuff on his phone
Diagoras Departure lounge at night
It's quiet now the rowdy gobshites have gone
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A derelict building near Mandraki harbour
A derelict building near Mandraki harbour
The boat's gang plank
The Guns of Navarone rock
Harry looks out in Anthony Quinn Bay
Isobel and other passengers go for a swim
Passengers are on the lookout for dolphins
A dolphin does its thing
Another dolphin heads towards the boat
A view of the acropolis of Lindos
A tourist struggles onto a donkey
The beach parasols of Lindos
More tourists on donkeys
The Chapel of Saint George Pahimahiotis
Another donkey group heads up the hill
The 180BC Rhodian trireme bas-relief
Carvings on part of the original stoa
A stone room with some archaeological bits
Isobel and the boys sit on a rock
The 4th-century Propylaea, or gatewy
The remains of the church of St. John
The remains of the Hellenistic Stoa
A view over the town of Lindos
The blue waters of the Aegean
A large swallowtail butterfly floats around
The temple of Athena Lindia, from 300BC
More Greek columns
There's an orange-juice bar near the acropolis
A nice view on the path back down
The whitewashed buildins of Lindos
Plant pots on some steps
An invisible cat of Lindos
Harry plays around with his ice
Another view of St. George Pahimahiotis
The view from the Ginger Terrace café
A view over Pallas Beach
A makeshift shed in a cave
The boys look for swimming gear
The crystal-clear waters of the bay
The boat stops off at another swimming spot
Someone leaps off the boat
Fred hurls himself in
The boat Triton, back at Mandraki harbour
We find a whole pile of kittens in a flowerbed
Isobel's on Georgiou Papanikolaou
Fred points at the old Imperial Hotel wreck
The Finnish karaoke bar, Suomalainen Ravintola
The boys are on the beach for another sunset
The boys, with the Mitsis Grand in the background
The sunset becomes an Instagram moment
The sun kisses the horizon
We're in the 'tiny guitar' shop down the road
Harry peers out for the boys' room
The backstreet behind the hotel
Isobel waits at the end of a long corridor
Another bombed-out apartment block
A restaurant has a vegan forcefield in action
More destroyed-looking apartments
The sun goes down over the Aegean
Isobel sits on a wall and does phone stuff
A plane comes in to land at Diagoras airport
We visit a shrine in the cliff
The sky goes pink over Akti Miaouli
The sun has set
We walk back to the hotel
A Greek flag on the beach
Huts on the beach
A view over Nikiforou Mandilara
It's time for white wine on the balcony
Nosher flakes out for a bit
Harry at the evening buffet
Ouzo and Espresso Martinis by the pool bar
The boys are in the games room
Fred does a racing game
Fred watches the entertainment
Some sort of dancing occurs
Our hotel room
We hang out at the pool bar, killing time
A Rhodian pay phone
Isobel scopes out the 'tiny guitar' gift shop
A small cat roams around
A dude on a moped feeds the cats with catfood
Cats eat from a pile of tinned catfood on the ground
Loads of jars of honey
Some dude makes jewellry at a roadside stall
We head off into the old town for the last time
The fridge magnets are very good value in Rhodes
We stop off for a last drink at Niki's Place
Fred wanders past some weird mannequins
One of the many city gates
Fred finds a shop that has a good range of cubes
Isobel checks out a Rubik's cube
An artist paints a scene
A derelict cocktail bar
The boys walk past a wrecked building
Traveland has long since closed up
Isobel and Harry on the beach for a last swim
More pink skies of the sea
Sunset over the Mitsis Grand hotel
Some late-night swimmers bob around
The boys hang out in our 'shower room'
Fred and Isobel get last-minute drinks at the bar
Harry plays stuff on his phone
Diagoras Departure lounge at night
It's quiet now the rowdy gobshites have gone