Our Walk From Argassi To Vrontonero Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed to Argassi, to walk from Argassi to Vrontonero. It's a walk that Derek, our walk leader described as a relatively easy walk of around 8km with a few steep inclines *hysterical laughter*, but well worth it for the ... [ Read More ]
Our Walk From Porto Roxa To Kampi And Back
Our Walk From Porto Roxa To Kampi And Back In the space of a few days, the weather has gone from being gloriously summerlike to positively wintery. Don't you hate it when it does that? Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed to Porto Roxa for the start of a 9km Sunday walk from Porto Roxa to ... [ Read More ]
A Walk From Ano Volimes To Micro Nisi, Zakynthos
A Walk From Ano Volimes To Micro Nisi Last Sunday's walk with the Zakynthos Walking Group was a 9km hike from Ano Volimes to Micro Nisi. It wasn't a particularly difficult walk, but the rough terrain made it a bit hard underfoot. Sometimes I think that walking uphill is actually easier than ... [ Read More ]
Kiliomenos-The First Walk Of The Winter
Kiliomenos-The First Walk Of The Winter A sure sign that the summer has drawn to an end is when the Zakynthos Walking Group starts to hit the trails again. For the last couple of weeks, Sunday was the only day of the week when I didn't have to work or do any running around, and I was sort of ... [ Read More ]
St. Dennis Firework Display, Zakynthos, 2017
St. Dennis Firework Display 2017 It's been an age since I've published a mid-week post, I have the ideas, just not the time. This post has been on the almost ready list for the past three weeks now and I am so chuffed to have finally put it together. August 24th is the day when Zakynthos ... [ Read More ]
A Nice River To Boat On
A Nice River To Boat On This river is located on the outskirts of Zante town. It looks quite nice don't you think? Sort of serene and a place where you could imagine dropping a line to catch some tea? Or sitting and reading a book on a warm afternoon? Have a guess what it's called? I mean, the ... [ Read More ]
Wild Tortoise In Greece
Wild Tortoise In Greece It's a shame, but it's been a long time since I've seen a wild tortoise on Zakynthos. At one time it wasn't uncommon to see one at the side of the road and I have on occasion stopped the car to move one to safety off the road. Back in March, a group of us went on a ... [ Read More ]
A Weekend Of Walking In Tyros, Greece
A Weekend Of Walking In Tyros, Greece Back in March a few of us from the Zakynthos walking group packed our bags and headed to mainland Greece for a weekend of walking. Our walk leader, Derek, has a friend based in Tyros in the Peloponnese, who provides holidays and mini-breaks through her business ... [ Read More ]
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos… And Beyond
A Hike To Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery On Skopos... And Beyond The Zakynthos Walking Group did this walk up to the Panagia Skopiotissa Monastery on Skopos a couple of weeks ago. It was the same walk we did two years ago on New Year's Eve, but it was much warmer this time. It really was a glorious ... [ Read More ]
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos On A Very Dull Day
Vrachionas, The Highest Point On Zakynthos This was a hike we did to the top of Vrachionas, the highest point on Zakynthos. The views, you can imagine, are quite something, on a clear day, but we didn't venture up on a clear day. We ventured up on a cold, grey day. In fact, I took very few photos ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Go Cliff Climbing At Agalas, Zakynthos
Cliff Climbing At Agalas Just as our legs had finished recovering from scaling the hills of Kiliomenos, we got 'sprung' an even more challenging hike. Last Wednesday the Intrepid Explorers went cliff climbing at Agalas. Okay, okay, so it wasn't so much sprung on us, we knew what we were in ... [ Read More ]
The Cliffs At Agalas
The Cliffs At Agalas This week's mid-week walk had us climbing down the cliffs at Agalas. It was a steep climb down, as you would expect a climb down a cliffside to be, but as always it was well worth it. If we thought the climb down was hard, the climb back up was doubly so. But I think you'll ... [ Read More ]
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos
Scaling The Hills Of Kiliomenos Last week the Intrepid Explorers were caught out good and proper. We met up with Derek, our walk leader just outside the village of Kiliomenos, for what was supposed to be a six-kilometre hike. We have learned that most of our walks are 'six kilometres' and 'easy to ... [ Read More ]
The Only Way Was Up
The Only Way Was Up Last week's mid-week walk found us clambering up the side of a very steep hill. In fact, I think it was one of our steepest hikes yet, if not the steepest in sections. It was a springlike day and much warmer than we anticipated, but that could well have been the climb making us ... [ Read More ]
Make Recycling A Habit
We Must Make Recycling A Habit We are at a point where we must make recycling a habit. It isn't time-consuming, nor difficult. And it doesn't cost a penny or a cent (something you can't say about many things these days). Do you know what it can do, though? It can help save the environment and save ... [ Read More ]
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave, Machairado
The Intrepid Explorers Search For The Church In A Cave Some of you may be wondering who the Intrepid Explorers are? And who are they indeed? Are they some sort of super group of adventurers taking on dangerous missions for the government? Or maybe they are top secret explorers searching for untold ... [ Read More ]
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos
Our Hike Around Askos And Korithi, Zakynthos It seems to have taken me an age to sort through these photos from an Intrepid Explorers hike we did around Askos and Korithi a couple of weeks back. That'll teach me to take so many photos, but in my defence, I was messing with different settings so I ... [ Read More ]
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Somewhere Over The Rainbow Last Wednesday we did the first midweek walk of the winter. The midweek walks are harder and more testing than our Sunday walks, and last Wednesdays walk did not disappoint. We headed up to the top of the island and hiked up to one of the highest points. The walk was ... [ Read More ]
A Walk Around Tragaki, Zakynthos – Through My Lens
A Walk Around Tragaki, Zakynthos How much difference a week makes! Last Sunday's walk around Tragaki, Zakynthos was the busiest one in a while. I'm not really sure why that was as it wasn't a particularly short walk, maybe after being cooped up due to the weather people were determined to get out ... [ Read More ]
Banana Beach
Banana Beach Last weekend our Sunday walk saw us walk up in the hills above Dafni beach and back to the cars via Banana beach. Due to the Zakynthos being a major nesting area for the loggerhead turtle here aren't many beaches where holidaymakers can enjoy a day of watersports. Despite Banana ... [ Read More ]