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Category Archives: Wildlife
Virtual Symi: Summer solstice and Covid optimism
Summer solstice, 21 June, and for the last 10 years I have been in Greece to celebrate it. With the sun at its highest, at the zenith (13.00 with adjustment for summer time) I’ve made a point of taking a … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Health and humour, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged air-bridges, Covid-19, fauna, Flora, Greece, international flights, Summer solstice, Symi
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Symi: virtually
Symi in April is very different from the island which most people see in the heat of Summer. Sadly, thanks to Covid-19 there is no possibility of going there this month, or next, or for the foreseeable. Not only are … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged Covid-19, Flora, Greece, Greek Islands, spring flowers, Symi, wild flowers
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Greece, Nisyros: up close and personal.
There are great walks on many of the Greek islands I know. Symi, Tilos, Kalymnos, Amorgos, Hydra ……… However, I have often said, become a bit boring about it maybe, that the most spectacular walking/trekking I know is on Nisyros. … Continue reading
Greece, Symi: Up, along a bit, and down
The temperature was pushing up to 40 degrees in the shade. The previous afternoon, a friend with a thermometer on his balcony had recorded 58.7 in the sun at 13.00 – hottest part of the day is a couple of … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged dragonflies, Greece, Horio, marked routes, Panagia Hamon, paths, Pedi, Red Darter, Symi
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Say it with flowers
Sadly, I have been revisited by the misfiring which struck at Easter 2016 (see). It has now been sorted and I’m firing on all cylinders again. But it prevented my return to Greece for Easter this year ….. and then … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Photography, Pontypool, Spring, Wales, Weather, Wildlife, Winter
Tagged aquilegia, autumn leaves, collar dove, crocus, Flora, fruit, gooseberries, Pontypool, prickly pear cactus, snow, spring flowers, tulips, Wales, wild garlic
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Canadian Rockies: what to do when you’re not skiing
Spring is on its way and I’ll soon be heading for Greece again, but before I get there, a last look back to winter and the Canadian Rockies. One of the great things about Banff, apart from the skiing, is … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife, Winter
Tagged Banff, Bow River, Canada, canadian rockies, frozen rivers, snow, snowshoeing, Spray River, trekking
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Christmas in the Canadian Rockies
First, lets do the festive stuff: Happy Christmas to all. Climate change is having weird effects. There is no doubt that this is real winter but not as icy or snowy as in the previous eight years. In 2010 temperatures … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged Banff, Bow River, Canada, canadian rockies, ice, snow, Spray River, Tunnel Mountain
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From Symi to my back garden
I’ve been experimenting with the technology to record some of the treks I’ve been doing on Symi, using a combination of apps to record routes and then create a 3D ‘fly-over’ incorporating photos taken along the way. It’s not entirely … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Pontypool, Uncategorized, Wales, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged cabbage white butterflies, caterpillars, drought, Eyed Hawk-moth, gardening, goldfinch, Greece, Kokkimedes, monasteries, mountains, Nimborios, photography, Pontypool, rainbow, Stavros Polemou, Symi, Symi walks, trekking, Wales, wildlife, yucca
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Greece: Nisyros spring
As intended, after my earlier-than-planned visit to Symi I returned home to resume sorting out my vegetable and fruit garden ready to leave for the summer, a task helped by four days of unusually warm and sunny weather. Having planted … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring, Wildlife
Tagged fauna, Flora, flowering plants, Greece, Nisyros
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Greece: Symi spring
Having made the most of the snow in the unusually prolonged winter (the last blog post) my intended trip to Greece and Spring was brought forward by a few weeks. The sudden and unexpected death of a very good friend … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged air fares, Dragon Arum, Flora, flowers, Greece, lizards, Painted Dragon, spring, Symi, tortoises
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