Now is the time to be here to admire the orchids; they are enjoying a good season.
I still haven’t managed to do the sign boards for the Panormos trail but maybe I will manage to gps the route at least. Where does the time go?
A new artificial lake is being created at Loutsa (on the right hand side going towards Panormos) which friends have said has destroyed one of my trails. I haven’t been there as I find such things too emotional! So it could be that part of Walk 32 is not as per the book.
Hi. For the last two Sundays the weather has been so bad, we have been unable to get out and about. Last night, a snow blizzard started up and is still in progress. We also had a power cut from 10pm last night until 10am this morning. Yesterday, the supermarket shelves were half empty as no boats have been able to deliver for several days. Oh the joys of living on a Greek island.
Thought I’d better let you know that no path clearing was carried out during January. The lawyer has sent a letter to the guy who errected an elligal fence across one of the routes but so far, no response. The yellow, arrow markers have not yet arrived. So, I’ve been gardening up at the cottage every Sunday instead! There are many paths to clear and the plan is to get them done before the walking season begins. Watch this space!
The portion of track from Moutero church to the spring and the portion beyond Moutero down into the Panormos valley, are now OPEN! There is only one portion remaining and that is at the start; Kambos valley up to Rachis. Only problem is, there’s an illegal fence blocking the way. SCAN representatives have an apointment with a solicitor next week, who will be sending a letter to the owner, inviting him to take it down!
International path discs will be ordered shortly (a yellow arrow with a footprint in the center) and installed along the route. It will only remain to GPS the entire trail and incorporate onto the map, which will be available at the SCAN kiosk throughout the season.
Another productive Sunday. Just Richard, my co-volunteer, and myself . Last week we had two tourists help us, which made a big difference.
The image shows Richard mending a dry stone wall. It took him three Sundays to complete.
This stretch of path, from near the spring at Moutero to the Panagia church at Moutero, is nearly finished; one more Sunday should do it. We keep saying we’re going to give ourselves a day off, but we never do!
In case you wonder how I spend my Sunday’s…..
At the last SCAN charity meeting, my request for help was forthcoming in the form of a E750 budget! So, I bought this strimmer which had it’s inaugriation this afternoon! It cleared so quickly, I might even get all the paths done before next May!
To give you some idea of what we’re up against, here is a ‘before’ image. Could do with some more volunteers; but you can’t have everything!
So, does this mean I can start smoking again? I think not.
But there is a lot in the media here about how a very high proportion of the population are overweight and the majority (of the population) will be classed as obese in a few years time. The lead in to these stories is that ‘obesity is worse for health (I suspect the NHS coffers) than smoking’. I think now they feel they have smoking under some sort of control then the next thing on the list is bad diets and obesity. Lets hope they don’t bottle out (the way they did with the Tobacco companies) and do make the food companies change their practices.
So, I suppose you don’t really want to hear what I’ve been eating, do you? Well, what I will say is that it has been relatively healthy – apart from a couple of visits to an Indian restaurant – and that it is really easy to get healthy, take away and food to go here now. I have been having a lovely time!
Macbeth was – as you will see from my previous comment – excellent, with a splendid cast of actors, some scary special effects and three quite spooky witches in nurses uniforms.
I had a drink with Jan yesterday, and it was good to see her before I go. But her mother is in her final stages of dying and so we could not spend too much time together since she had to get back to relieve Ed who has been looking after Lee while Jan is at work. Jan says she is very lucky to have had this time with her mother and both she and Lee have had long discussions and wish Lee would simply go to sleep and not wake.
Today feels a bit like waiting to start a journey. The flight is at 9pm and I have kept my room till 5pm and will leave at 4.45. But I feel restless and can’t settle to anything. All the bags are packed, I just have to have lunch and then a quick shower and I’ll guess I’ll be ready about 2 hours ahead of time. I think I better get something to read!
This is the end of this blog – till I travel again. Thanks for logging on, reading, commenting. Talk to everyone soon I suspect. In the meantime, love and hugs all round. Ann