I wake early and the first thing I notice on getting out of bed is the pain in my right leg as I walk to the bathroom. Typical the climbing starts today. Oh well no pain no gain was my training motto so it will have to apply to the walk; I will not be taking a lift unless forced to by the weather. As I leave Paramonas at 8am the climbing begins, the village is on the slopes of Mt Ag Mattheos and I have to skirt it but go over the coastal ridge. The footpath is steep in places and also narrow but there is no feeling in the foot as I ascend and before I know it I have reached the ridge. There is a great view back to the West coast and ... read more

After an early breakfast I set off at 8am ( a lady had walked past with a donkey while I was eating), feed the village cats, wave to the boys I met last night as they pass in car on way to school and exit the village into olive groves with pens of chickens, ducks, turkeys. Old may says 'kalimera' (good morning). Asks if I go to Kavos and I say no Lefkimmi. He points me in other direction and sure enough when I backtrack I soon pick up yellow markers again. He saved me a long detour. Lovely walk over undulating tracks, paths firstly through olive groves and later more open heath type land. Saw a Corfu Trail sign that had been used for shooting practice.....which way do I go now...guessed the right path. A ... read more

"Corfu is all Venetian green and spoiled by the sun.Its richness enervates. Its valleys are painted out boldly in heavy brush-strokes of yellow and red. The Judas trees line the dusty roads in terrific purple explosions. Everywhere you go you can lie down on grass - Lawrence Durrell" Ok so we are about to find out if these words of some 65 years ago are true today. Usual continential brekfast of eggs, meat, cheese, bread. Also cereal, yogurt, jam, honey available. I had tea and orange juice. At 8:45 I'm met by Chris (Anna's husband) from Aperghi Travel. He will drive me to the start in Kavos. He is also the luggage mover each day behind the scenes so my bag will go to tonights stop, where he will pick up the luggage of those the ... read more

Hi everyone and thanks for following so far. Thanks to Ian for updating you when his original Amsted allowed; he seemed jealous of the Amstels only and whilst he mentioned Mythos he overlooked the Royal Ionion beer (both draught and now Real Ale (thats what they call it - both bitter and pale ale) in large bottles; excellent stuff and highly recommended if you are visitig Corfu. Wait til he sees the pictures; shame they not in 3D. Well I arrived home safely yeaterday via good ole Easyjet (very comfy and again arrive at Gatwick early). It was a glorious sunny day in Corfu (my flight left at 11:25) and I wished I was staying for a relaxing holiday but no such luck............where is the volcanic ash when you really need it!! From tomorrow I will ... read more

Dave has decided today is the day! he will go for it to a finish,as he is unsure what the weather holds for the following day. Woke to a swollen eyelid, so its only half open, not sure whether its a bite from those flies he encountered yesterday, or the mozzie spray got in it. no chemists here, so must walk. He made it to Perithia through the clouds, clearing to sun now. Then just one climb and downhill, he estimates 3 and a half hours from here......... Almiros beach ahead, and it will be flat all the way to the finish! the next text says it all, Done it, details later, beer 1st. Ok, thats how I received the news, so thought it best to relay it to you in the same way! next follows ... read more