5 Responses to Christmas Greetings

1. Ron Hunter says:

   December 27, 2023 at 17:43

   Thanks for the Christmas Eve tidings, Barry – just sorry we couldn’t stir ourselves to muster ‘Nadolig LLawen’ greetings by return. Anyway, hope this finds you well (albeit on home turf over the season), and that there’s still a bit of of cheer around to carry you into ’24. For us, the leap year just adds an irritating day to the Symi countdown, of course…

   Blewyddyn newydd dda! – with our best,

   r&Dxx

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2. walgaterobert says:

   June 9, 2024 at 05:10

   Any ideas about what’s happened to Michael Mosley on Symi, Barry? I wondered why he’s invisible to searchers. Could walking or falling trigger sinkholes in that limestone?

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   • BarryH says:

     June 9, 2024 at 08:36

     I’m in the UK at the moment but in regular touch with one of the people organising the search. The caves on Symi are ‘fault caves’ caused by seismic activity. No sink-holes.

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     • walgaterobert says:

       June 9, 2024 at 10:06

       Thanks for responding. I see they’ve found him now, but no indication of cause of his death. Perhaps it was heat exhaustion – and injuries from those sharp-edged stones you mentioned in a blog. I felt for him and his family because we love rambling too and we’ve been avid followers of his friendly ”Just one thing” health tips. We forget sometimes how dangerous wild walking can be. My wife and I were on Coniston Old Man, which is riddled with cliff and mining edges, years ago – when the mist came down and all we had was 20 m visibility, a compass and the OS map. And in Spain where there maps aren’t so good we found ourselves in a field of feisty fighting bulls, with a training bull ring at the bottom. We lucky living are all of us the survivors of our own adventures… but no adventure no life.
     • BarryH says:

       June 9, 2024 at 12:24

       Alexander the Gre