We walk and it is Fabulous

It is Tuesday, walking day - weather permitting and today we couldn't have had a better day for it - it was absolutely stunning.  I had plotted a walk which started at our house because I was sure that there must be loads of routes nearby that we hadn't explored.  Narky Nora (the voice behind Kamoot) assured me that there wasn't a huge amount of descent and ascent but we know, from past experience, that she lies!

We walked out of the village and down through Inea and across towards the base of the Radar and headed off towards the coast taking a similar route we had taken previously when we walked down to Lara only when we got to the junction where we would take a right and walk past the little church we took the road which went straight on.

We had not gone very far before we got our first WOW - the view down to Lara was exceptional and we were walking on a rough-ish track with little possibility of encountering any traffic.  The spring flowers were all around us and at one point we came across some wild asparagus - not easy to spot but we did and Nicky took it home with her to have for breakfast - she is now a fully qualified Forager!!

At one point, towards the lowest point of our walk, we had to cross a stream - it was such a pretty spot somewhere we could stop and have a picnic in the future if we were not limited to the amount of time we are allowed out with our text request.  In the distance we could see goats and sheep running out from a large farm situated in the middle of nowhere. 

We had a longish ascent but it wasn't directly up, rather up, along then up again but we eventually reached some civilization in the shape of the village Vrisi in Inea - Vrisi is a local spring and all of the villages seem to have these areas - in the past they were used for all sorts of ablutions!

Our walk took us back to the centre of Inea via a really old cobbled road which rose up in steps - beautiful but quite hard going at the end of our 10Km but I had absolutely no idea that it was there and it is just at the back of the amphitheatre.

From here we had to walk back through the centre of Inea and home and it was beginning to get rather hot - if the weather continues like this we will have to consider setting off even earlier.

I got a phone call here - from the company which was delivering the new rug which we have ordered for the lounge.  We decided we needed a bigger rug and I found one at RugVista which we both liked.  We have used them before - they are situated in Sweden and do not charge for delivery.  I ordered it on Saturday afternoon and the delivery man was in Kathikas and on a tight timescale so he asked if he could leave it at the Eko Garage so he wasn't delayed and I said that would be fine.  Bless the garage they put it safe and sound in their store room and even loaded it into the car for me as John was out walking with Liselotte and no where near Kathikas to get it himself.

So this is the new rug - it has a bit of pattern on it - the other one was plain and the pattern is designed to make the rug look like it is old and worn, not sure what Dad would have made of that he could never understand why anyone would want to but something new made to look old!!!  Anyway we like it and the one that was there has been pulled out to be in the dining area for the time being as the tiles can feel very cold on your feet this time of year.

John returned home after a hard walk with Liselotte but apparently the best yet and it was located at the back of the Gravity Road Diner in the valley there - he said the views were magnificent.  Our reward for our exercise was to have the remainder of the spicy wings and wedges we had last night but supplemented with some sticky pork belly strips which were absolutely fabulous.  A good day all round!!!

I will finish with the little Kamoot video from my walk today with Nicky...