Terra and Kritou Terra

Monday Monday - so good to me - Monday Monday we are walking - me and Nicky!  

Tomorrow is Nicky's birthday so we had decided to walk today and I had wanted to find a new walk which was not too long and not too much in terms of ascent and descent and I had plotted one which started in Kritou Terra and then went to Terra and back.  I wasn't exactly sure what route it was going to take but all that area is beautiful.

In Terra we were fascinated by a house which had a fabulous set of arches being constructed in the garden, constructed or preserved - we weren't entirely sure until we got up close and then although they looked old and original we believe they were being built new to look old.  The house was called Villa John and we will return at some point to check out the progress.

Terra is a very interesting village - there are some fabulous houses and a lovely feeling of calm - even the dogs were really quiet - we passed two husky types who viewed us with suspicion but nothing else - not a bark!!!  We were enjoying a different sort of walk which took us through some village life - normally we walk in countryside.

We turned away from the village into some absolutely stunning countryside - everything is so lush and green and full of colour and full of the smell of broom which is heady and fabulous.   I didn't have any idea what sort of walk I had plotted but this was turning into a real winner.

We passed by an old cemetery which we think might have been Turkish - it was quite overgrown and the headstones were a strange shape with weird writing on them.  I shall have to look at the origins of Terra to find out whether it had a Turkish population at some point in the past.  Anyway we carried on walking and Nicky asked if we might be going anywhere near the waterfalls but I had to admit that at this stage I really didn't know.

As it happens, and not clear from this photograph but we did end up walking along the path which looks down onto the waterfalls and it was stunning.  Looking across we can see that the path down to the cave has been furnished with wooden hand rails to make it safer - the first time we walked down there, there was nothing at all so you took your life in your hands!!!

We did not take the route straight back into the village - no, no, no that would be too easy!!!! we walked up past the waterfalls and then off to the left and round in a loop from where we had the most fabulous panoramic view of the whole area that we had walked.

As we returned to the place where we had parked the car we realised that Kritou Terra was still celebrating Christmas as they had their nativity scene still out!!!  We had completed nearly 9Km with a reasonable and acceptable amount of ascent so that we weren't completely knackered on our return.  Although we had heard a couple of very loud rumbles of thunder we had managed to avoid any rain or inclement weather - actually it had been a really lovely walk.