Water Features

We do like water features, but this one is a little nuisance. Way back last year we had a leak in our top bathroom under the floor. To fix it required us to dig up the bathroom floor, locate the leak, repair it and replace the floor with appropriate tiles. Well, the leak re-appeared again this week, so out came the shower, up came the tiles, and lo and behold the pipe was leaking from a different junction. The plumber, bless him, has taken out as much of the original pipework as he can without having to dig up any more floor. Well the leak is fixed and we are just waiting for it all to dry out and then we will have to find some matching tiles if we can to repair the damaged ones.

We were invited by Yo and Nigel to join them to celebrate Yo's birthday on Friday the 8th. They had hired a car, and were going to visit an old village in the mountains which had been previously been inhabited by Greeks, but after the exchange of populations following the Turkish independance in 1912, the village had become derelict. However, a few of the properties have now been renovated, so there is a nice mix of old and new. The renovations have to be in keeping with the original style, and so the village is really picture postcard.

Sue managed to damage her knee earlier in the week through a combination of events, each making the knee worse ... you know how it is, the injury acts as a magnet for every knock you encounter, so moving through this pretty village was a painful experience for her as it was cobbles and hills all the way, but she made it. There are many more pictures of both here and our visit to the millipark (national park), which was also fabulous, to see them, click here.

While we were there, some wild boars and their piglets that have obviously become used to humans, came running up for food. A bit perturbing at first, but nevertheless quite fascinating.

After our visit to the millipark we headed back to Söke and we stopped at the Turkish equivalent of a fast food joint, where we had çöp şiş. This is a variety of meats on skewers, served with bread, fried peppers, fried spicy onions and salad, plus soft drinks and followed by coffee or tea. It was delicious and a perfect end to a perfect day.