Strange Weather
The silvery fingered fog that has been creeping across the Greece for the past few days wrapped itself around Symi during the night and we woke to a pearlescent gloom. Flights and shipping have been disrupted as visibility has dropped to less than 2 kilometres in many areas. Rain is expected to move in tonight and the rest of the week is likely to be wet and squally with some quite strong winds expected around Thursday.
The Aegli is finally running again so the winter timetable as given is now operational. Although having a high speed connection is useful, albeit not very reliable due to its great age and inability to cope with wind and waves, there are problems with only having the Proteus running for vehicles and goods. As this is serving other islands as well as the Symi-Rhodes route it cannot provide a daily service. As things stand at present it is only possible to do a 'there and back' on a Wednesday, and the amount of time in Rhodes is only a few hours, so there are plenty of complaints, particularly from local businesses, many of which are accustomed to sending refrigerated vehicles over to the suppliers and having them filled and put on the returning boat. The glitches in the supply lines are already apparent in the island's shops and many perishable goods are in short supply or are arriving so close to their 'use by' dates as to be a liability to the shopkeepers. As the Pireus boats are ignoring us for the moment, anything being shipped from the mainland has to come via Rhodes or Kos and then connect with the Proteus, causing further logistic complications. After enjoying an extremely efficient transport system last winter this seems to be a retrograde step in the island's infrastructure and the locals certainly aren't happy about it. As they say, we await developments with interest!
Have a good week.
Regards,
Adriana
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