There’s no French equivalent for the expression \u201conce in a blue moon\u201d, Michelle told me.\u00a0 So for readers possibly in the dark (so to speak), a \u201cblue moon\u201d is the second full moon in a calendar month, a relatively infrequent event, hence the phrase.\u00a0 The next \u201cblue moon\u201d will be at the end of January 2018, and then another in March that year.\u00a0 One occurred in late August 2012, and between these dates, a recent ‘blue moon’ appeared on the night of July 31st (2015).<\/p>\n
The distance between Kandanos and Agia Irini, at the head of the eponymous gorge, is, as the eagle flies, a mere 8km.\u00a0 But in between lies the massif of Agios Zinas, the summit of which, at 1331m (4,367ft) is the highest point in Selinou, our local area of SW Crete.<\/p>