Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

Sunday, 10th August, 2025 Glorious morning, Dear Reader, and it’s going to be a glorious week. And then to Athens where the daytime temeperature will be 36C/97F. It won’t fall at night time much below 25C/77F except in an airconditioned … Continue reading →

Sunday, 3rd August, 2025 Was feeling a bit empty and sad last night. Not sure what to do. I’d finished watching the cricket and a ridiculous spy thriller which didn’t thrill. Flicking the channels and some ‘music’ suddenly caught my … Continue reading →

Sunday, 27th July, 2025 A dull morning but very warm. Political programmes over Breakfast. Good to see Bob Geldof sounding off about the Israeli genocide in Gaza. It needs the unelected to speak truth to power. I have been scanning … Continue reading →

Sunday, 20th July, 2025 Rained over night again. Lovely and warm and the grass is greening back up already. There are hospipe bans in some parts of the country although not in ours. Their introduction so often provokes heavy rain. … Continue reading →

Sunday, 13th July, 2025 Up early after a late night. Out early on what is forecast to be an extremely hot day. By 10.00 am, I had done an 8 mile walk and a 30 mins swim. I have earned … Continue reading →

Sunday, 6th July, 2025 Up early even though we went to bed late. We watched a film which was made 20 years ago and features a very young Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Clive Owen. Closer is about … Continue reading →

Sunday, 29th June, 2025 There are a lot of things to be grateful for in Life however sad it may seem at times. Weeks abroad in the sun are something I feel lucky for. Living 25 years longer than my … Continue reading →

Sunday, 22nd June, 2025 A hot, humid night and the events of yesterday led to a fitful night’s sleep. We had planned so much for yesterday but it was a day when events made those plans redundant. As Harold MacMillan … Continue reading →

Sunday, 15th June, 2025 Lovely early morning. As every morning around 7.00 am and then again around 7.00 pm, clouds of swifts and swallows wheel in huge numbers around the skies above the hotel. As is their name, they are … Continue reading →

Sunday, 8th June, 2025 Lovely sunny morning but quite fresh. Haircut day early so it doesn’t get in the way of work and exercise. I’m not allowed to go away without a haircut and, actually these days, I like having … Continue reading →