Tuesday 11 December 2007

THE SKOPELOS TO PANORMOS TRAIL

The portion of track from Moutero church to the spring and the portion beyond Moutero down into the Panormos valley, are now OPEN! There is only one portion remaining and that is at the start; Kambos valley up to Rachis. Only problem is, there's an illegal fence blocking the way. SCAN representatives have an apointment with a solicitor next week, who will be sending a letter to the owner, inviting him to take it down!
International path discs will be ordered shortly (a yellow arrow with a footprint in the center) and installed along the route. It will only remain to GPS the entire trail and incorporate onto the map, which will be available at the SCAN kiosk throughout the season.

Sunday 2 December 2007

DRY STONE WALL REPAIRS



Another productive Sunday. Just Richard, my co-volunteer, and myself . Last week we had two tourists help us, which made a big difference.

The image shows Richard mending a dry stone wall. It took him three Sundays to complete.

This stretch of path, from near the spring at Moutero to the Panagia church at Moutero, is nearly finished; one more Sunday should do it. We keep saying we're going to give ourselves a day off, but we never do!