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Tag Archives: Viros Gorge
Symi, Tilos, The Mani: rock with an edge!
I was introduced to rock climbing more years ago than I’m prepared to admit, though I will own up to being 13 at the time. I remember it vividly, not because it was exhilarating but because it was traumatic. It … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Wildlife
Tagged climbing, eroded limestone, Geomorphology, Greece, Gria, Italian Stallion, Kousoubas, Lake District, limestone, Manchester, Nimborio, Pedi, place names, rock climbing, Seathwaite Slabs, sharp rock, sport, Sylvester Stallone, Symi, The Mani, Tilos, Viros Gorge
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Travels in Greece by bus: planning a gorgeous time.
As I rambled on about in the last post on the blog, the first part of the plan for the coming summer in Greece is to spend Easter on Kalymnos, one of the larger islands in the Dodecanese. Apart from … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Mountains
Tagged Areopoli, Athens, bus, Crete, Diakopto, Easter, Greece, Greek buses, Kalamata, Kalavryta, Kalymnos, Messinia, Patras, Polilimnio Gorge, rack-and-pinion railway, Samarian Gorge, The Mani, Viros Gorge, Vouraikos Gorge
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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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November Daily Blog 9: reminiscences of gorges, waterfalls and footpaths.
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
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Reflections, Wales
Tagged brecon beacons national park, footpaths, Greece, hiking, Kardamili, Mani, rocks, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge, waterfalls
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November Daily Blog 8: waterfalls and footpaths.
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
Posted in Autumn, Wales
Tagged brecon beacons national park, footpaths, Kardamili, outdoors, Pontneddfechan, Sgwd yr Eira, Viros Gorge, 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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Gerolimenas: more tower-house villages and scree-running.
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
Posted in Greece, Grumpy Old Men
Tagged footpaths, Gerolimenas, Greece, Mani, Viros Gorge
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Kardamili: bats, belfries, frescoes, gorges …. and on the edge!
Very sober thinking as I set out for my walk on Saturday. For a start there was a raging argument going on in the coffee shop across the road when I got up, and they weren’t debating England’s 3-2 victory over Sweden … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Reflections
Tagged flora and fauna, footpaths, Greece, Greek economy, Kardamili, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge
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Kardamili: in and around the town .. and the Viros Gorge … and some villages
I set out on Friday with the intention of doing a moderate walk and focusing more on looking for photo opportunities. I reckoned that my usual mentality when I’m doing a long walk is to focus on bombing along single-mindedly … Continue reading
Posted in Greece
Tagged flora and fauna, footpaths, Greece, Kardamili, monasteries, olives, Viros Gorge
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Kardamili: Viros Gorge, Likaki, Tseria – looking back to the see the future
I did another longish walk today, about 20 kms, once again up to the village of Tseria but via a different route. Much, though not all, of the route was new to me but the over-riding impression of the day … Continue reading
Posted in Greece
Tagged flora and fauna, footpaths, Greece, Kardamili, monasteries, Taygetos Mountains, Viros Gorge
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