Faithful Friend They say a photograph is worth a thousand words, but of course, I'm going to have to add a few more... There is so much I want to learn about taking photos and using Photoshop Elements to make them just as I want. For me sharing a photo is about sharing what I see and how I see ... [ 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 ]
The Classic BLT Sandwich
The Young Persons Survival Guide To Leaving Home When I realised that last week was National Sandwich Week, I knew that a BLT sandwich recipe had to be the next post in my Young Persons Survival Guide To Leaving Home series. I never quite managed to get it out on time, but better late than ... [ Read More ]
Our Hiking Weekend In The Peloponnese Part 2
Hiking Weekend In The Peloponnese Last week I shared a post covering the first two days of our hiking weekend in the Peloponnese with Greece On Foot. This week I'm sharing part two. Yay! Last year I never got around to writing any subsequent posts to the first, so this year I'm determined to share ... [ 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 ]
Autism: Living With A Literal Thinker
Autism: Living With A Literal Thinker It's a while since I've shared a post on autism. Not because I don't want to, but because sometimes I find it all too much and need to 'switch off' to it. That may sound selfish, but walk in my shoes for twenty years and I think you may understand where I'm ... [ 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 ]
4 Tips To Feeling Good
My 4 Top Tips To Feeling Good Feeling tired? Fed up? Or just know you can feel better, but can't quite seem to get there? We've all been there at some point or other. Sometimes life gets on top of us and we stop looking after ourselves so well. We put family, the house and even our pets needs ... [ Read More ]
How To Keep Cool When The Going Gets Hot
How To Keep Cool When The Going Gets Hot Yay, the summer is here! It's time to dust off the outdoor furniture and see if those shorts still fit!... I swear that last wash before I put my summer clothes away is a tad too hot (if you know what I mean?). Does anyone else have the same ... [ 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 ]
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 ]
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It
How To Run A Marathon And Enjoy It Or to be more precise how I managed to complete a Marathon and enjoy it. Five years ago I did the Athens Classic Marathon and it was everything a nightmare is made of. I trained hard for it, but when the day came I was sick with a bladder infection, had a ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Thankful
It's Been A Funny Old Week And I am feeling thankful that it's coming to an end! A couple of weeks ago my Dad was diagnosed with cancer. So life has been a bit of a roller coaster recently. One minute he was being diagnosed and the next minute he was scheduled for surgery. The speed at which ... [ Read More ]
Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk, Walk
Walk This post was going to be simply titled 'walk', but then that irritating ear worm of a song called 'Work' - by Rhianna (not forgetting Drake - that for anyone who doesn't realize, is not a male duck!) popped into my head, and I found myself exchanging the only audible word in the song, for ... [ Read More ]
The Zakynthos Walking Group Is Great For So Many Reasons
Aspergers And Social Awkwardness Aspergers and social awkwardness go hand in hand, for someone with Aspergers feeling socially awkward is the norm. Feeling comfortable in company does not come easily to people with Aspergers syndrome. Being in the company of others is a constant struggle, as ... [ Read More ]
Feeling Weary
Feeling Weary If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I have a son with Aspergers (and added extras). And as any parent with a child who has special needs or is 'different' will know, that parenting a child with special needs brings with it a different set of worries, struggles ... [ Read More ]
What Home Means To Me
What Home Means To Me Recently Morgan from Morgans Milieu tagged me in the 'What Home Means To Me' blog series, and it really got me thinking about what home really does mean to me. So here goes: What Home Means To Me... Home is my sanctuary, it's my 'safe' place. It's where I can be my ... [ Read More ]
It Would Be Misleading To Call It Gardening…
So I'll Just Call It Planting... I am so excited! This week we've planted some winter veg (okay, so tomatoes and rocket may not be strictly winter, but in they went!). I love fresh veggies straight from the garden. They taste far superior to supermarket bought stuff and contain a much better ... [ Read More ]