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Tag Archives: monasteries
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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Symi: Spring and early Summer landscapes
I think that is the longest gap between blog posts on Barry’s Ramblings. Force of a range of circumstances. I had to return home to sort out some of the issues still unresolved when I flew back to Symi in … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring
Tagged deserted village, Greece, Gria, monasteries, Nimborio Bay, Pedi Bay, Pedi Valley, ponds, Symi
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Symi: I lost my shirt ….
…. and I wasn’t even in Las Vegas! Nor does it have anything to do with the Greek economy which, despite the attempts of the IMF and the ECB to undermine it, and the grossly inaccurate and morally reprehensible scaremongering … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged bee hives, bees, dry waterfalls, Greece, Greek economy, Greek Island Walks, Gully bashing, hiking, Lapatonniou Castle, monasteries, mountains, photography, Symi, The Hot Rock, thyme, trekking in Greece
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Symi: to the castle … with a lot of distractions
When we first came to Symi 15 years ago the castle didn’t exist. At least it wasn’t shown on the only available, very diagrammatic, walking map of the island nor mentioned in the imaginatively titled accompanying booklet ‘Walks in Symi’. … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Wildlife
Tagged Ag Giorgios Ftoxos, Agios Nikitas Kotika, alien images, aliens, alpine swift, Butterflies, dragonflies, Geomorphology, Greece, hochlakos mosaic, limestone, monasteries, Pebble mosiac, rock, science fiction, Symi, tear-pants limestone
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Nisyros: last glance before moving on
Many people ask which is my favourite island, which one out of the many I like and revisit I prefer the most. I’ve come to the conclusion that the answer is Nisyros. Nisyros is a volcano, far less well known … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Landscape, Mountains, Nature
Tagged frescoes, Greece, lava, monasteries, Nikia, Nisyros, pumice caves, sea daffodils, sulphur fumaroles, Volcano, volcano island
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Kalymnos: mountains and traditions
After the Easter celebrations it was back to the mountains and a change of plan. On Tuesday I caught the morning bus to Chora, the old village above the harbour, then set out to walk up a narrow gorge and … Continue reading
Posted in Greece
Tagged Agios Ioannis Theologos, castle crag, caves, Chora, Chora castle, crickets, Crusader castle, dynamite, Easter, easter celebrations, explosions, filoxenia, goats, Greece, Μουούρι, Kalymnos, knights of st john, monasteries, mountains in greece, Mouri, pasture, Pothis, Profitis Ilias, Profitis Ilias Kalymnos, quarry blasts, spider, tradition, wells
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Rambling through 2012, a year in pictures: Part 2, Greece
The task of selecting a bakers’ dozen of images from the hundreds I took in Greece this summer was more daunting than choosing those for Wales. This is partly because many of the places I went were new to me … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Mountains
Tagged Areopoli, Athens, Greece, Kardamili, lava, Mani, Meteora, monasteries, Nisyros, outdoors, Parga, rambling, rock pinnacles, Symi, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge, Volcano, waterfalls
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Symi, Kardamyli and Cricieth: a short tale of literary connections.
One of the pleasures of travelling is meeting people. One of pleasures of returning to familiar places is renewing friendships. A conversation with a friend in a taverna on Symi in 2010 sparked my interest in the author Bruce Chatwin. … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Reflections, Wales
Tagged Areopoli, Chatwin, Fermor, Gerolimenas, Greece, Kardamili, Mani, monasteries, Symi, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge
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Symi: acclimatisation on the Hot Rock
Symi: acclimatisation It seems that Autumn has well and truly arrived in the UK with temperatures in single figures. Flying out to the Dodecanese where in the afternoon it is still 30oC is very pleasant but a bit of a … Continue reading
Symi: dead sandals.
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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