Limnos-

Lesbos had been a pleasant and safe introduction to Greece. Sigri on the west coast provided us with our last calm night at anchor before launching for Limnos. 

Near the entry to Sigri we noticed a boat wreck on a tiny island. I think it was an island since it was very sandy and rocky: maybe it was just a lot of rock. The wreck is on the far left of the photo below.

Wrecked boat at entrance to Sigri, Lesbos

Wreck of boat

The sail and later motor to Limnos was very calm. Earlier reports said that wind was coming so we wanted to be in a safe harbour by then.

lighthouse Sigri

We arrived at Moudros to be met by a Greek Coastguard ready to take our lines. They were expecting a cargo ship later that night but they were going to dock on the other side of the pier. Marcel and Martine dropped by to say hello. They were anchored nearby. He reported that wind was coming. He was right.

sunset Limnos

Pavlov "safe" but the calm before the....

Moudros town

Moudros church

Moudros

Neat garden "Greek style"

We left the boat early to locate the Military Cemetery. Limnos was the staging post for the attack on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915. The harbour in Moudros is very large. Hospitals were set up to treat casualties. Little did they realise the catastrophe that this campaign was to be. British, French and Commonwealth troops, including my grandfather, left the comparative safety of Limnos for the hell that Gallipoli was to become. There are at least 2 cemeteries on this island where you can find graves of Australian young men. This cemetery just outside Moudros was beautifully maintained, as are all the cemeteries of war dead that we have visited here and in France.

Moudros Bay 1915

Moudros Military Cemetery

Many ANZAC graves

Owen's poem "Dulce Decorum Est" resonates here

so sad, died for the Empire!

looking towards British , Indian, Egyptian, French and Russian graves

We missed the bus to Myrina so true to recent form we hitched a ride. The first car to drive past picked us up. It was 30 kms to Myrina so we were grateful that the lift took us all the way.

The port was quite calm, but no yachts. There was the coastguard and fishing fleet. Behind the port was a large rocky outcrop. A Genoese castle was built on top it and overlooked the port.

Myrina

Myrina

Myrina

The other side of the castle, a pretty sandy beach but too cold yet to swim

Restaurants on sandy beach Myrina

Greek caiche Myrina

Genoese Castle

Myrina Archaelogical Museum

Myrina was settled in prehistoric times and in antiquity. Evidence has been found linking the island to Minoan period to Roman occupation.

Sacrificed young bull

Series of artefacts

Today, we woke to a different Moudros. Windy...... Glad we had relocated to our concrete jetty inside the harbour, the day looked grim.

Windy day Moudros

 Pavlov was being pushed off the dock by the wind, nevertheless my anxious self kept observing the lines to shore. Were they secure??

20- 40knots !!

See Pavie in background- the only yacht in port!

windy selfie