Blogs from Crete, Greece, Europe - page 7

Reminder: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/8 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer image. You can return to the text anytime. Tuesday 8th May. No more rain and the skies were clear so we decided to head back up the mountain to the Timios Stavros church: easier now we were familiar with the route. It turned out to be much easier than our first climb; presumably because the uncertainty had gone and we could pace ourselves. An enjoyable walk/climb in warm sunshine and with great views. Afterwards, ... read more

Reminder: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/8 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer image. You can return to the text anytime. Blog 2 Friday 4th May: Our objective for the morning was to climb a prominent mountain that overlooked Damnoni beach, and which had a small white church at the very top. I had scoped this out last year; but when I had tried to get to the start point along one of the many tracks around the base of the mountain I had chosen the wrong track and ... read more

Reminder: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/8 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer, image. You can return to the text anytime. Thursday 21st September: and back to Damnoni. The wind had picked up overnight and the sea across the road from our hotel looked quite rough with the wind coming from the north west. I checked the map to make sure that Damnoni Beach faced due south and should therefore be protected by the headland to the west of the beach. We changed from previous our route to Damnoni ... read more

Reminder: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/10 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer, image. You can return to the text anytime. Friday 15th September: the big move from Kissamos to Plakias. After a final leisurely breakfast at the Aphrodite (leading candidate for our favourite hotel ever) we loaded the car and checked out with a fond farewell to the owners and a promise to return next year; hopefully in the Spring. We left Kissamos at 11.15 am heading east along the the E65 north coast highway, past Chania and ... read more

Note: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/10 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer, image. You can return to the text anytime. Sunday 10th September 2017: up before the crack of dawn, 2.30 am to be precise, in order to ensure that we arrived at Bristol Airport well in time to catch our flight to Chania at 06.30. One slight hiccup en route when we took the slip road off the M4 to get onto the M49 only to find a police car blocking the access to the M49. We ... read more