Path Clearing Mission At Elies Oh my! I never thought I'd get this post started let alone finished! Last Thursday a small group of us went on a path clearing mission at Elies, which is at the top end of Zakynthos. Despite my initial concern that I really didn't have the time to spare, it was just ... [ Read More ]
Greek Style Lentils Cooked In The Slow Cooker
Greek Style Lentils Cooked In The Slow Cooker Last Monday was Clean Monday, which in Greece is the start of Lent, which is traditionally a time when many Greeks give up meat. From now until Easter it's vegetables all the way (not for us, I'd be lynched for even making such a suggestion). If ... [ Read More ]
Signs Of Spring
Signs Of Spring This week I had a couple of photos ready to use as My Sunday Photo, but I went with this photo even though I used it in my walking the Skinari coastal trail post... Why?... Because I liked it and it reminds me that spring is slowly happening. The Halcyon days that we usually get ... [ Read More ]
Walking The Cape Skinari Coastal Trail
Walking The Cape Skinari Coastal Trail Zakynthos measures roughly 40km by 20km at it's longest and widest points, to be honest, I think it's slightly over 40km long, but we won't split hairs. The drive from where we live up to Skinari takes fifty minutes (ish) depending on driving conditions and ... [ Read More ]
Top Of The Island
Top Of The Island A couple of weeks ago the Zakynthos Walking Group did the 13km Cape Skinari coastal trail walk at the top of the island. Luckily it was one of the better weather days in January. It's been a funny old week in general, one where behind the scene website issues seem to have taken ... [ Read More ]
A Trek Up Marathia, Zakynthos
A Trek Up Marathia, Zakynthos If you ever head to Zakynthos for a holiday and prefer a more active getaway, I can highly recommend packing your walking boots. The island isn't just sun, sea and sand, it's quite rugged and wild too. Recently, the Zakynthos Walking Group took a trek up Marathia, it's ... [ Read More ]
Scaling The Heights Of Zakynthos On The Last Day Of The Year
Scaling The Heights Of Zakynthos On The Last Day Of The Year When Derek posted the New Years Eve Sunday Walk for the Zakynthos Walking Group my first thoughts were "No! How could he do this to us?". He'd only gone and chosen Skopos, from the Argassi side, which was hardly the nice gentle stroll I ... [ Read More ]
White Christmas In Greece
White Christmas In Greece Not many people realise that Greece gets snow. I mean proper snow. Enough snow to warrant having ski resorts. Most people think sun, sea, sand and ouzo when thinking about holidaying in Greece. Forget that skiing in the Alps piffle, head for the Peloponnese! Despite ... [ Read More ]
A Festive Sunrise
A Festive Sunrise Can you believe that it's Christmas morning tomorrow? I imagine the fat man in red is revving up his sleigh as I type out this post. I've usually got my Sunday Photo post done by now, but this week has been so manic I never quite got there. But, it's been worth it as (dare I say ... [ Read More ]
A Fun Hike At Orthonies, Zakynthos
A Fun Hike At Orthonies, Zakynthos A couple of years ago we did this same hike at Orthonies on Clean Monday. It was probably the best Clean Monday celebrations I can remember and the hike was so much fun. Probably due to the fact, there were people dressed in all their finery traipsing through the ... [ Read More ]
Our Walk From Argassi To Vrontonero, Zakynthos
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 ]
A Ginormous Spiders’ Web!
A Ginormous Spiders' Web! This week there was no competition in my mind for what was going to be My Sunday photo. Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group headed out for the first walk of the winter and of course, I took my camera, not forgetting my SD card this time. Let's face it though it wasn't ... [ 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 ]
Sea Daffodils
Sea Daffodils Saturdays are not my favourite day of the week. They by far the busiest day of the week for me, but yesterday I thought I would try and make the most of it. Not having a Sunday Photo in mind, I thought I would take the opportunity to take Buddy and my camera with me, to kill some time ... [ Read More ]
Zakynthos Town At Night
Zakynthos Town At Night It's been a rather photoless week for me, not for any particular reason apart from not having had the time. It's at times like this I realise that there is no such thing as having too many photos backed up as there is always a photo or two to fall back on! This photo 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 ]
Where Horses Trot
Where Horses Trot Back in August, I had an unexpected day off, so what did I do? With camera in hand, I headed down to Lagana/Kalamaki beach to see what I could photograph. I wandered around the sand dunes, snapping random things that caught my eye trying to practice using different focal points ... [ 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 ]