Having been advised not to arrange volunteers for this month due to the imminent start of the Trails Project, I haven’t actively been looking. So, of course, the start date has yet again been delayed as the papers have been sitting on someones desk waiting to be signed and returned. We are so close now, I can’t say more.
The last trail to be cleaned was Abuzali on 15 October.
Lene, a retired nurse from Sweden came to help at this time but it rained every day and she got so bored with lack of work, she left! We did manage to go round and check on some of the Geocaches, remove a couple that weren’t working and place a new one that got found two days later!
On 12 October, I GPSed a long circular hike starting from Milos, then Ag Konstantinos, down to Glysteri, up to XTA, Chickpea, Pera Kariya, Kriavrissi, The Gorge, Djelili, Prof. Ilias and back to Milos – 13k. A route for the next edition of Skopelos Trails.
The next group hike, weather permitting, will be on Sunday 16th. I’m thinking Mill on the Hill via Kimissia, returning by municipal bus.
We are now gathering information for our next publication which will be about Mammals and Bats. If you have any high resolution images of mammals or the fallow deer, please contact me. You will receive full photo credit.
Skopelos Trails: A British woman uncovering — literally — paths of Greek island’s simple past
Vanda Playford
Great work Heather and collaborators. Thank you so much for your tireless work in opening all these wonderful trails again. We – mostly Adam- cleaned an old donkey path in Pefkias in the summer but I think there are more paths to clear in that area, am just not sure where they are. May be you know more? Happy to volunteer trail clearing help next Easter if it’s needed.
Heather Parsons
Thanks for your comment. Most trails are logged on the Terrain map with whom I collaborate. Let’s see what the landscape looks like after the project has taken place. I sincerely hope this will be before Easter.