Tag Archives: footpaths

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: seismic!

Posted on September 3, 2012 by BarryH

Sunday was the last day with the bus service at useable times for walking.  Schools start back on Monday and the buses revert to 07.00 and 14.15.  An 07.00 start may be good to avoid walking in the heat of … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: inside the volcano

Posted on September 1, 2012 by BarryH

Good day on Friday. Having spent a day wandering the rim of the caldera with spectacular lava extrusions I decided it was time to go down into the caldera and look at some of the craters.  But via a new-to-me … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: on the rocks and on the edge … again.

Posted on August 31, 2012 by BarryH

It’s difficult to think that it was less than a week ago, Thursday of last week, that I was rushing around at home trying to get things sorted before I came away.  This Thursday I was wandering footpaths, in some … Continue reading →

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Nisyros: Nyfios, all a matter of timescale.

Posted on August 30, 2012 by BarryH

When someone says to me: ”I’ll do it soon” and I know that ‘soon’ is unlikely to be in the timescale I have in mind, I sometimes add the secondary question  “Is that on a geological timescale, a historical timescale … Continue reading →

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Just add sunshine: gardens, cacti, thistles, Brecon Beacons, trig points.

Posted on July 30, 2012 by BarryH

Summers in Grey Britain aren’t as hot and sunny as they used to be.  Or are they? Is it that the pattern of summer has changed or it just that our memory of the past is coloured by a good … Continue reading →

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Getting the grey out of my brain: Kinder Plateau, trespass and a lot of history

Posted on July 18, 2012 by BarryH

After climbing Cadair Idris in Snowdonia on Friday, I stayed with my daughter and her husband in the Manchester area and, with a better-than-expected weather forecast, on Saturday I headed for the Peak District. I was brought up in Salford … Continue reading →

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Areopoli: Last day in the Mani, a grumble about footpaths, and a new word for the language

Posted on June 27, 2012 by BarryH

PHOTOS ADDED (for those who have difficulty with the words) Wednesday, the last day in the Mani and the Exit Strategy looming. First task after breakfast was to trot around to the bus station and book my ticket on the … Continue reading →

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Gerolimenas: more tower-house villages and scree-running.

Posted on June 26, 2012 by BarryH

Monday and I resorted to the plan originally pencilled in for Sunday, a long walk from Gerolimenas taking in some tower-house villages and a mountain top. My ambition for the whole trip has been to travel by public transport rather … Continue reading →

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Areopoli: footpaths, anthropiverous spiders, and irritability

Posted on June 23, 2012 by BarryH

Thursday’s exertions had taken a lot out of me so I opted for a gentle amble along footpaths heading to a beach and swimming.  Because I wasn’t focused on the need to get from A to B and back within … Continue reading →

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