A Hike Up Skopos: Argassi To Kalamaki And A Very Steep Climb Through My Lens Zakynthos is an island and one of the problems of hiking on an island is that you soon run out of places to hike. Luckily our hiking group don't see it as a problem, we see it as a challenge. A challenge to find new ... [ Read More ]
A Flashback Of Summer Photo
A Flashback Of Summer Photo This week seems to have passed in a blur. I'm not sure how or why it was just one of those weeks that I've not even looked at my camera. The card was still in my laptop from last weekend. Not wise as you never know when you may want to grab the camera for a quick photo ... [ Read More ]
A Stunning Dawn
A Stunning Dawn Did anyone else see it? Did Saturday start with a stunning dawn where you were? I was sat drinking my coffee, trying to fool the dogs into thinking we weren't going for a walk just yet... Does anyone else do that too? If our dogs so much as get a whiff of a walk they start ... [ Read More ]
ET’s Distant Cousin
ET's Distant Cousin At the moment one of my 'must do' tasks is to go through my camera SD card and either delete or save photos. You know what it's like? Too many photos taken and not enough time to sort through them. I did go through a stage of transferring photos to sort into desktop folders, ... [ Read More ]
Days Are Shortening
Days Are Shortening That's a bit of an obvious statement really considering the time of year. All summer I've managed to take the dogs for weekend walks. I don't usually work Saturday and Sunday mornings and if I do it's only later. Which has made it perfect for walking the dogs and avoiding the ... [ Read More ]
Mighty Oleander Hawk Moth
Mighty Oleander Hawk Moth Moths are up there with spiders and locusts when it comes to my unease of them. My fear of spiders is totally irrational, but it's something that if I focus (and don't turn my back on it) I can overcome. My unease around moths, locusts and grasshoppers stems from their ... [ Read More ]
Lagana & Kalamaki Beach- Through My Lensball
Lagana & Kalamaki Beach - Through My Lensball Last week I managed to have a day off midweek to spend with my sister and her family. Knowing they wouldn't be around early I took advantage and headed to the Lagana & Kalamaki beach with my lensball in hand (or pocket). It's something I've ... [ Read More ]
Navagio Beach
Navagio Beach Last weekend we made like tourists for a few hours. A childhood friend of my husband and his wife popped over for three days. Where did they come from? South Africa! It wasn't quite as mad as it sounds as they were in Portugal having a big family reunion and thought as they were over ... [ Read More ]
Shooting From The Hip
Shooting From The Hip At the moment niggly hips are preventing me from running so in a bid to maintain a certain level of fitness I've taken to walking around route from Lagana to Kalamaki and back down the beach. It's not far to walk, measuring just under 5km, but when early evening temperatures ... [ Read More ]
Burned Out Old Car
Burned Out Old Car During the week I'd been messing around with the monochrome setting on the camera and thought it would be fun to see if I could get a half decent photograph using the setting. Black and white photographs do have their appeal and some are quite stunning. When the right subject is ... [ Read More ]
Busy Bees
Busy Bees So I've made a new deal with the dogs. I'd originally promised them that their weekend walks in the hills would be a camera-free affair, no stopping and waiting whilst I fiddle and fart arse around with settings. It seems it was a promise I couldn't keep. Not when there is so much to ... [ Read More ]
Leaf Eating Wasp
Leaf Eating Wasp Last Sunday I had these Sunday photos all ready to use. And then life got in the way (in a good way) of me writing the post. What it has meant though is that this week I've not had to think too much about My Sunday Photo! Yay! It's been too hot and to busy to think too hard, so ... [ Read More ]
True Blue
True Blue I've been sat here for I don't know how long trying to come up with a suitable title for this photo. Sometimes titles just come to mind in a flash and at others they just elude. Or is that just me? Last Sunday the Zakynthos Walking Group met up for the last walk of the 'winter'. It was ... [ Read More ]
Mirrored
Mirrored It's that time of year when everywhere we look there seems to be new life. It's something I'm sure none of us gets sick of seeing. Back along I shared a photo of a newborn goat still attached to it's Mum, I'm sure that goat is twice the size by now. These baby goats are a bit older and ... [ Read More ]
Path Clearing Mission At Elies, Zakynthos
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]