Category Archives: Greece

Nisyros: volcano art and origami.

Posted on September 13, 2012 by BarryH

Unexpectedly amazing day on Wednesday.  Most days are good but this was better than good. Tuesday evening I found out that the island’s bus service is to be augmented by an 09.45  run to Palloi further along the coast.  Agreed … Continue reading →

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Posted on September 12, 2012 by BarryH

Nisyros: the lost coast; going off-piste big time. The island bus service is now useless for visitors wanting to use it to go out walking.  As I’ve said before 07.00 is too early and 14.15 is too late.  No other … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: risk assessment, risk perception and thinking beyond the ‘Wow!’ factor

Posted on September 11, 2012 by BarryH

Back to proper walking on Monday.  I have been delaying going down on the floor of the main crater since I arrived on  Nisyros because it is one of great things to do. From my perspective it’s a mistake to … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: the unusual and surrealistic

Posted on September 10, 2012 by BarryH

After two weeks of pretty intense walking every day in the mountains I decided that this Sunday was going to be a day of rest.  The decision was unanimous, if only because it was  unilateral.  For once I was absolutely … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: old settlements

Posted on September 9, 2012 by BarryH

There are few things more boring than listening to/reading someone blarting on about how great a time they are having when you don’t know the place and the reality is denied by distance and experience. I had a great time … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: old ways, new routes

Posted on September 8, 2012 by BarryH

I feel a right long ramble coming on  here.  So if you read the blog, be warned. Many years ago when I started work as a town planner with Monmouthshire County Council (the proper Monmouthshire, not the present vestigial pretension. … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: Lava landscapes and making a living from a volcano.

Posted on September 7, 2012 by BarryH

Wednesday I had decided to go off the page and into the past.  Thursday I had got a taste for it. Parts of the island are very little explored now despite the fact that once they were densely populated and … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: off the page and into the past.

Posted on September 6, 2012 by BarryH

Wednesday I decided to go off the page and into the past.  It kind of fitted the book which I’m reading, ‘The Eyre Affair’ by Jasper Fforde in which fiction and time are fluid and therefore changeable. First off I … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: looking down on the world.

Posted on September 5, 2012 by BarryH

Information on the history of mountaineering is easier to pin down than the motivations behind it.  The term ‘mountaineering’ implies a motivation of climbing mountains purely for the sake of getting to the top rather than for religious or practical … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: rock hopping along the coast

Posted on September 4, 2012 by BarryH

I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen the Disney film ‘The Jungle Book’.  I saw it 5 times in cinemas before I could use having children, and now grandchildren, as an excuse for watching it on video.  I can close my … Continue reading →

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