Month: July 2017

Last time for running this route until next year. Just over 10k and nearly 400m climb. Lovely swim and finished with a frappé.

On Tuesday 25th July we went for a bike ride with Gill & Andrew to Agios Petros. We left at 7.30. am and had a steady ride up to the village stopping a few times to enjoy the view.

At Agios Petros we stopped at the cafe in the square for the usual frappe and several other groups from the various centres arrived after us. Ian was there too but riding on his own.

After the frappe stop we continued on up to the turning for the deserted village. We cycled back down to the olive groves, stopping at the well-looked after church, the only building still there. We took Gill & Andrew back on the route Mel had recently discovered, off the ‘P’ route and back to the ‘Swiss house’ road and out onto the main road by Andromeda.

We finished with another frappe stop at Livinaki’s and a pastry from the bakery – a very enjoyable morning’s exercise. Thank you, Gill & Andrew.

On Saturday 22nd July we went for a bike ride to Sivros but we started off on a different route through the olive groves. We continued up the challenging hair pin bend (there are 12 of them with the eighth being the steepest) route to the village where we stopped at the Verani Cafe for a frappe as usual.

We continued on after the village on the road towards Fterno, stopping at the church on the way to enjoy the view. Mel is trying to identify a place to take night pictures of the Milky Way – this could be such a place.

We went back to Vassiliki via the Monastery road to Kontanera with one last hill climb before the long decent into Vass.

We felt we had earned another frappe stop so continued into Vass to stop at Livinakis where we also treated ourselves to a pastry for breakfast.

On Sunday 9th July we went for bike ride to Agios Petros with Sim, yoga teacher and bike guide from Neilson. We had a very enjoyable ride at a steady pace up to the village with lots of chatting along the way! We stopped for a coffee at the cafe in Agios Petros and then continued up to the Nikolis turning and then down through the deserted village of Roupakias.

Sim showed us a bridge over a dry gorge that we hadn’t noticed before, opposite where a Polish couple are renovating one of the deserted houses.

We continued back to Vassiliki via the olive groves – a very pleasant ride.

We had a very early start on Sunday 2nd July! Mel had planned a run to Sivros with Sim, the yoga instructor and bike guide from Neilson but she had to do an airport transfer later so we had to meet at 7am.

 

We set off through the olive groves and up the main road to Sivros. It was pleasantly cool as the sun had not come over the mountain yet. Mel and Sim ran on up the short cut and I cycled round the hairpins to meet up with them at the Verani cafe in the square in Sivros.

After a frappe we continued on up the road towards the monastery turning.

Mel & Sim ran and I cycled back towards Vassiliki admiring the views as we went. I headed down to Kontanera and Mel & Sim went straight back to Vassiliki. We met up back at the Imperial Studios and agreed we had all enjoyed the morning’s outing!