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A short trip today to the next of the “Faraways”, Othoni.

Othoni harbour has a lot of reefs streching out from the breakwater, so if approaching from the East stay well off shore until you are opposite the entrance and then turn in.

There is another set of rocks about a mile south of the entrance so don’t go too far off either!

All in all this is a harbour where you really need to check the charts before attempting entry.

The harbour has been formed by building a breakwater into a bay and it was more popular with other yachts than Erikousasa had been. There were three or four other boats anchored in the bay. Othoni is often seen as a jumping off point for boats heading across to Italy.

A walk west along the coast road will take you up a valley and then round a sharp bend and up onto the headland with good views over the harbour and out to Mathraki and Corfu.

At the point where the road turns out of the valley we found a path or bridleway which continued up the valley. This was paved with stone slabs as if it used to be a road, but also had steps in it. Presumably when it was constructed all the traffic was carried on horses or donkeys.

We followed the track a few miles inland and were probably close to the other side of the island when we emerged onto a road by an old farm house, but as time was ticking away we then decided to retrace our steps instead of trying to find another route back to the village.