Agathonisi's super-highway

After Becky and Charlie left we had a quiet couple of days in Lakki, cleaning and shopping. On Wednesday 3rd July Jo and Ian came for early morning tea and we had drinks and dinner with Simon and Christiana in To Petrino.
We left on Thursday morning and motored up to Arkhangeli, just off the northern end of Leros, where we anchored in the bay. We went ashore to meet the people in the very pretty new taverna, but had already planned to cook so we promised that we would come to them next time.
On Friday we sailed across to Agathonisi, with the usual strong winds of Lipsi and Agathonisi, with the wind dying in the middle. We found ourselves on a collision course with a fast moving Turkish freighter going north. Although he should have given way we decided that discretion was the better part of valour and dumped the main to slow us down. He passed just in front of us.

While we were motor-sailing we actually managed to make water at last, though when the boat heeled too much the raw water inlet came out of the water so it did not work.
In Agathonisi we went stern-to the town quay again.
On Saturday 6th July we set of at 9 in the morning to walk to Catholiko, at the other end of the island, along the new super-road being built at the cost of 1.3 million euros of EU money - funny priorities when the island struggles to get teachers for its schools and has minimal health care.

There are still stretches of the original road, which is a bit rough:

but this had been replaced by a perfectly adequate concrete road, most of which has been ripped up

to make the new super-highway.

It hardly leads to a seething metropolis. Catholiko has a fish farm, one and a half houses and a (closed) taverna.

the fishing boats were attractive

but the only sign of life was a fisherman mending his nets.

Tomorrow we go to Pythagorion on Samos to pick up Lin's brother John. The forecast at last is for the winds to drop. We will see