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November Daily Blog 9: reminiscences of gorges, waterfalls and footpaths.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by BarryH

My visit yesterday to the Brecon Beacons ‘Waterfall Country’ reminded me of the Viros Gorge running from the Taygetos Mountains to Kardamili on the west coast of the Mani Peninsula in the far south of the Peloponnese.  The two weeks … Continue reading →

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November Daily Blog 8: waterfalls and footpaths.

Posted on November 8, 2012 by BarryH

The sky was mostly blue when I got up on Thursday.  The sun was showing red through a narrow slit between the hill on the opposite side of the Valley and a band of cloud.  The forecast was for a … Continue reading →

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Symi: getting it wrong

Posted on September 29, 2012 by BarryH

We have been coming to Symi and walking the mountains for over a decade.  I spent 3 months in the summer of 2010 on the island doing the research for writing a walking guide, which is unfortunately still incomplete.   So … Continue reading →

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Symi: dead sandals.

Posted on September 26, 2012 by BarryH

Tuesday was earmarked for another good walk, significantly longer than Vigla on Monday but on paths so less arduous. The walk to Agios Emilianos, the monastery on an island connected by a causeway is a long-time favourite.  It’s one that … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: teetering on the brink, an inside curve, and the unexpected.

Posted on September 22, 2012 by BarryH

Friday.  Last day on Nisyros.  Difficult to believe that what has become so familiar will soon be a wistful memory.  The plan was to see as much of the island as I could in one long walk. The route would … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: a blast.

Posted on September 19, 2012 by BarryH

Tuesday was a blast! One of the things I wanted to do before I leave Nisyros was to revisit the Parleta lava pinnacles towering above the caldera with the ancient fortress built into them.  I went there first time last … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: Autumn came and went again.

Posted on September 14, 2012 by BarryH

Unexpectedly amazing day on Wednesday, as already said.  And un-anticipated, though with hindsight not entirely unexpected change in the weather.  Since I arrived on Nisyros on 26 August there literally hasn’t been a cloud in the sky.  Wednesday and high … 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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