Local TV reported that an evacuation ship, Princessa Marissa, would be in Tyre Monday morning. Later, when I was able to check email I found a message from the Foreign Office advising that a German chartered ship would be in Tyre Monday and would take any EU nationals wishing to leave to Cyprus. It advised those who wanted to leave to contact the embassy. I phoned the embassy, who knew nothing about it! This time they did call back within an hour to confirm, and give me contact details of the warden in Tyre who was co-ordinating the arrangements with the German embassy.
While in town during the morning, we received some mazoot sent on a bus by a friend in Sidon. This gave us about 500 litres in the generator fuel tank, but we sent the containers back for another shipment as, with no mains electricity, we were dependent on the generator for power.
The Tyre warden, Cliff Clarke, called and confirmed that my name was on the list of those to be evacuated the next day. I was instructed me to be at the Rest House at 7.00 a.m. Monday although the sailing time was unknown.
Spent the last night in the basement.
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