Having received no less than 4 texts within a half hour period from 'Our Dave' I am finding it difficult to make head or tail of some of them! I am undecided as to whether to just put in print what he said and let you bloggers work it out for yourselves, or do a bit of headscratching and solve them before I let you in on what I think he has said and done! (no skinny dipping today, but he does do something else......read on). Ok, I went for the latter of those two options after careful consideration, as I am in charge! (oh, the power.......!!) It begins in Lefkimmi, the 2nd biggest town, outside of Corfu Town, its a mix of old and new with lots of churches, and then on to Gardeno valley, ... read more

well i have entitled this as day 1 but its the day Dave arrived, and as most of you are aware, he starts the walk tomorrow. He texted me and rang me today to say that he arrived safely, about 11am greek time and 9am UK time, to the weather you would expect from there, hot and sunny. As its one of only a very few days he has to himself, he explored Corfu Town and took in the sights, with the odd taverna involved as you would expect from 'our Dave'! he went to see where Prince Phillip was born at Mon Repos and the roman ruins at palaiopoulos and round to Garitsa to the town, anyone jealous yet? I am! A few beers later (his words) and a meal and i expect its an ... read more

OK folks, this is not Dave writing this, its Ian the Ghost Writer! Have just come off the phone to the man himself, we were discussing his final preperations before departing Gatwick at 6am on Sunday morning, he will be checking in his luggage tonight and settling down to watch the champions league final at 8pm, so if anyone wants to ring him, then would be a good time! any comments or questions you may or may not have over the coming fortnight, please feel free to ask, if i am able i will do my best to answer them as accurately as possible, also just general comments would be gratefuly received, i know shrek will be reading them with interest on his return, as an afterthought - if anyone of you bloggers, have any suggestions ... read more

Ever since I first visited them in 2006 Corfu Donkey Rescue have been my charity of choice and you can find out about them and their work here www.corfu-donkeys.com. (please copy and paste into your search engine) Unlike the donkey sanctuary in the UK CDR do not receive £millions in donations nor do they receive any money from the Government, either before or since the financial crisis. All workers are volunteers working for free. Following a dispute and the Government threatening to close them down over licences (even though there was no such licence) CDR now have a new permanant home so need even more financial help to build the shelters etc needed over and above their day to day running costs and all this at a time when the negative press and troubles in Athens ... read more

This is me; so if you are in Corfu and see me on my walk please say 'hi'.... read more