Wednesday 28 September 2011

STAVROPIGI EXTRA PICTURES

STAVROPIGI EXTRA PICTURES 27 TH SEPTEMBER 2011

Once again thank you very much to Thomas Halliday for sending me these pictures of Tuesday walk.















Tuesday 27 September 2011

STAVROPIGI CIRCULAR

TUESDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2011 STAVROPIGI CIRCULAR

There were 21 people and JJ the dog on today's walk which took us on a circular walk form Stavropigi. We started out from the kafenion and walked up through the village, before climbing up to Zarnata Castle. 
Which overlooks Stavropigi and Kambos, with stunning views of the Taygetos mountains. From here we descended into the village of Malta and then ascended to the castle at the back of the village. Here we took a well earned break. After climbing back down we strolled through olive groves to the monastery of Andrhroubevitsa. A gentle walk then gave us wonderful views over Kambos before a climb back to Stavropigi and lunch at the kafenion.














Thursday 22 September 2011

SOTIRIANIKA TO ALTOMIRA

Sotirianika to Altomira 22nd September 2011

Today's walk was an extra walk for those that felt up to an all day walk with 860 metres of assent. There were just six people on the walk and sorry dog lovers JJ was on holiday. The walk started in the village of Sotirianika leaving the village square we took the road down towards Ridino gorge. After 500 metres we started our climb up the Kalderimi to Altomira. This climb took us up to an altitude of 860 metres and a small chapel were we took a coffee break. After that we went on to the village of Altomira where we had a picnic lunch sat in the old village square. We then took the track and road for our desent back into Sotirianika. The whole walk took us six hours.





















Tuesday 20 September 2011