09/06/23

[Maik]

Kef fire risk 09/06/23: Low

Today’s bank rates:
1 €UR = £0.8870 GBP
1 €UR = $1.1059 USD
£1 GBP = 1.1274 €UR
$1 USD = 0.9042 €UR

Based on Alpha Bank exchange rates, these are widely used by exchange agencies in Greece.
Other banks likely to offer a different rate which may be marginally higher or lower.
Banks and foreign exchange offices normally charge standard 2% commission.
You may get a better rate changing your holiday money in advance at e.g the Post Office.
NB: some f-ex agencies advertise "No Commission".
Invariably, they deduct commission before they (don't) advertise the rate.
Foreign exchange offices are businesses, not charities.

Ten day weather forecast for Kefalonia:
This is an overall forecast, due to the mountainous terrain the weather can be very localised.
Updated forecast @ weather.com

Day, Date   Hi°/Lo°   Wind sp   Wet   Forecast
Fri 09/06   26°/19°   22 km/h   09%   Mostly sunny
Sat 10/06   25°/19°   17 km/h   11%   Cloudy
Sun 11/06   26°/19°   21 km/h   10%   Sun & cloud
Mon 12/06   26°/19°   22 km/h   16%   Mostly sunny
Tue 13/06   26°/19°   19 km/h   15%   Mostly sunny
Wed 14/06   26°/20°   12 km/h   06%   Sun & cloud
Thu 15/06   28°/20°   22 km/h   21%   Sun & cloud
Fri 16/06   26°/19°   20 km/h   39%   Thunderstorms possible
Sat 17/06   25°/19°   19 km/h   38%   Thunderstorms possible
Sun 18/06   25°/19°   20 km/h   39%   Thunderstorms possible

[Maik]

Body of a 59 y-o foreign national recovered yesterday midday from the sea at Neoi Poroi, Pieria.

[Maik]

Update and pics re the helicopter crash landing on allaboutaviation.gr

[Maik]

A 70 y-o foreign national in need of medical attention was transferred by coast guard from Vathy to Sami yesterday after injuring his left leg while while mooring a yacht in the harbour. From Sami he was transferred to Rio for further treatment.

[Maik]

Reckons that's a fail:


https://youtu.be/1Y6didvqJUU?t=1

[Maik]

Mains water supply in Kaminarata, Paliki, likely to be disconnected between 08:00-12:00 this Monday, 12 June, due to essential maintenance work.

[Maik]

Greece's smallest National Park, Ainos on Kefalonia, has been officially declared the first International Dark Sky Park in Greece. Celebratory open evening on Saturday, 17 June.

Aenos Dark Sky Park

[Maik]

Mykonos - more money than sense? A couple rented a 2023 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon worth 80,000 euros and got it stuck in the sea: story & video.

[Maik]

Rishi Sunak approves Boris Johnson's honours list - who made the cut?

The ex-prime minister gave an honour to his former principal private secretary Martin Reynolds, who was heavily implicated in the Partygate scandal - but allies Nadine Dorries and Sir Alok Sharma, who were expected to enter the House of Lords, did not make the cut.

They were struck from the list, according to reports, to avoid the government having to fight what could be a highly damaging by-election if he stood down to accept their peerages.

But Ms Dorries, who had already announced her plan to quit as the MP for Mid Bedfordshire at the next election, announced she would be triggering a by-election by standing down immediately, just minutes before the list was published.

Just hours earlier she had insisted... that she did not want to trigger a by-election by resigning.

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-06-09/rishi-sunak-approves-boris-johnsons-honours-list

L-o-n-g list of honours awarded in link.

[Maik]

Earlier this evening a fire broke out in the top floor of a domestic dwelling on Kavadia street in Argostoli. Fire service attended promptly and extinguished the blaze. Cause not yet determined as householders said to be out at time of fire.

[Maik]

Boris Johnson resigns as MP and accuses Commons investigation of attempt to 'drive me out'

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-06-09/boris-johnson-quits-as-mp