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		<title>Patience is a virtue</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/patience-is-a-virtue-2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve had no volunteers recently as I am moving home into the countryside. It&#8217;s taking forever. We continue to pay the tax debt monthly and Thank You so very much to the very kind people who donated.  May your god &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/patience-is-a-virtue-2/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>2025 REVIEW</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/2025-review/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Below are details of how many volunteers we hosted and how many trails we reopened and cleaned in 2025. Bearing in mind we no longer have teams of volunteers as before, we cleaned more than I imaged. In other news, &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/2025-review/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Updates &#8211; A Walk Down Memory Lane</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/updates-a-walk-down-memory-lane/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s been too long since I looked through the Skopelos Trails Walking Guide book in order to update it. Since the 4th Edition was published ten years ago, many changes have taken place. I’m also wondering whether to keep the &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/updates-a-walk-down-memory-lane/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>BITS &#038; PIECES</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/bits-pieces/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guided hikes have had to be suspended due to the intense heat; even evening time doesn&#8217;t cool down enough. I&#8217;m sorry to all those who have contacted me wanting a guided hike but I really don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s a good &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/bits-pieces/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>February/March News</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/february-march-news/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chris Stofel from Austria arrived via Workaway. A landscape garden by profession, he had a lot of hiking experience, loved flora and fauna, could handle a chainsaw and made You Tube videos about his adventures! After doing a bit of &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/february-march-news/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tzilali/Karya Gorge</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/the-tzilali-karya-gorge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It has long been my ambition to get this abandoned but previously well-used route reopened. Being the main way to the kalivia of the Karya area, it was once in regular use. The mules would be loaded up and everyone &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/the-tzilali-karya-gorge/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>2024 RECAP</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/2024-recap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’ve been less than happy regarding the number of volunteers I could host this year as all complimentary accommodation was withdrawn for one reason or another. This left me with just my spare bedroom to host one volunteer. Even the &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/2024-recap/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Greece to Map Trails for New National Path Network</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/greece-to-map-trails-for-new-national-path-network/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Aiming to highlight Greece’s hidden natural beauty, the Environment and Energy Ministry will develop a network of trails and hiking paths spanning routes across the country.&#160; Under the “Creation of a National Network of Paths and Hiking Routes” project, Greek &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/greece-to-map-trails-for-new-national-path-network/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE!</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/patience-is-a-virtue/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 08:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After waiting some four years, having assisted with the initial field work, I thought the hiking project was a gonna! Not so! Feeling particular disheartened one day recently, I asked the question of our mayor, Stamatis Perissis, and this was &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/patience-is-a-virtue/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Watch the Birdie</title>
		<link>https://skopelos-walks.com/watch-the-birdie/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Heather Parsons]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jul 2024 09:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the dream diminishes of getting the local authority to adopt responsibility for all the trails I have spent the last umpteen years reinstating and maintaining, I have turned my efforts towards passing on knowledge of our local flora and &#8230; <a href="https://skopelos-walks.com/watch-the-birdie/">Continued</a>]]></description>
		
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