Troodos.

We decided to have a day up in the mountains.  It was a gorgeous sunny day, but Kyle was reluctant at first, but soon got into it.  We all had a go, spent a couple of hours there and at Sun Valley and then had a look at the main square in Troodos, before popping in, just to look at Troodos camp all covered in snow.  Finally, we all headed back home for tea.  Not surprisingly, Kyle slept all the way back in the car.

Slip Sliding on Mount Olympus, Troodos from Raveydv on Vimeo.

Christmas day.

We had decided that we would have a swim on Christmas day, just because we could.  When the day came, it seemed more than a bit chilly, but we decided to go ahead with it anyway.

Elena was first in and the only way to do it was.. quickly.  She ran in while I was still getting changed.  I chased after her with the camera, but it wasn't possible to get any decent photos just standing by the shore, the only way was to get in there.  I quickly finished changing and took a couple of shots from in the water.  It was very cold, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would be.  Elena said it was like bath water going back in the second time after coming out for a minute or two.  I wouldn't quite go that far, but it certainly seemed warmer the second time around.  Actually, I could have stayed a little longer and had a proper swim, but Kyle was looking a bit bored, so we literally stayed just to take a couple of photos then got dried and went home.  As we were coming out another couple, seemingly inspired by our attempt also went in.  A few other people were around, but just looked at us as if we had all gone mad, perhaps we are, who knows?

Christmas Eve bouncing.

Kyle's Christmas present was delivered by Santa and erected today,

His good friend Braydon came round with his mum and dad and Braydon and Kyle had a bounce, while the grown-ups chatted over tea and coffee etc. 

Kyle and mum had a little bounce later on and dad even had a go too!  Seems like great fun and quite good exercise into the bargain.  I just hope that the interest lasts, cos it took quite a while to put it all together.  May be something on which to burn off some Christmas pounds methinks!  Also, it takes up a lot of the garden!  Oh well!

Rainy day.

At last the rain came!  Of course, we would have preferred if it had held off just a few more days, but much rain was needed!

It started yesterday and has been falling for 24 hours almost non-stop.  It has been accompanied by thunder storms and strong wind.  It seems to be settling down a bit as I write (mid day Tuesday 23rd, but it doesn't look too hopeful that it'll clear enough to fly today.  Kyle has been fascinated by the amount of rain and is itching to go out in his wellies and play.  We'll go down to Curium beach for a look in a short while and watch the huge waves crashing on the beach.  I love wild winter seascapes like that!   I think that, whilst a help, the island needs much more water than this, but still, this is a start for sure!  Just hope we get some nicer weather for Christmas day.