Jan 09 2012
“If you missed this boat, you may never get another one ….” With apologies to Johnny Duncan and the Bluegrass Boys, who were heading for San Fernando all those years ago. For the past twenty-five years or so, the Gialinakis family have been operating the daily (in summer) ferry service between Paleochora and Elafonisi. On …
Dec 07 2011
Paleochora Christmas Puzzle 2011 The White Mountains of Crete, the nearest range to Paleochora, cover an area of 960 sq. km, and encompass more than twenty summits above 2000m, that’s over 6,560 ft for veteran UK mountaineers like myself. With few paths through the central massif, or Madares, this can be a dangerous and perplexing …
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