A lovely walk

Being a sucker for punishment I was out walking again this morning.  We left a little later from Kathikas on what was possibly the hottest day of the year so far and we did so without a route planned so we were winging it a bit to make sure we didn't venture too far before coming back!

Just to prove I was there I am posting a rare photograph of my - a selfie I inadvertently took when I was trying to fire up Komoot to see if there was a suitable route already in the bag.  There was not!

Anyway it was good to catch up with Rachel - we haven't walked together for quite a while and she is always entertaining with her stories and anecdotes about her life and the trials and tribulations of running a business here having been slam dunked by both Covid and the rampant price increases which we are experiencing.  I do not envy her having to juggle her time in order to help with running their various businesses and look after the needs of her family - and in particular her son Athos Jack.  In spite of everything she still manages to laugh.

We have walked most of the tracks which criss cross the fertile basin which is down below Kathikas (and above Akoursos) on numerous occasions so although we didn't have a route in mind we were pretty confident that we would find one which afforded us a bit of shade.  It really is very pretty around here and hard to believe that you are just off the main road which runs from Kathikas to Stroumbi.

You can see from the skies (this was about 9.00am) that it was turning into a very hot day so we did about three quarters of our walk in the basin before making a decision that we should head back to the main road and cross over because then we knew we would only have about another 15 minutes before we got back to the car.

It was a nice walk and by the time I got home I was ready to continue on my sorting out of the house - John had gone into the village to meet up with Rob so I nipped across the road to have a coffee with Lakis and Argy before getting stuck in.  They have just had the outside of their house and surrounding area painted and the house is looking fabulous as a result.  The guys who did it were amazing.  Not only did they mask off areas they covered them in plastic including Argy's outside doormat!!!  It looked like a murder scene which had been cordoned off!!!  Now at least they can tick that job off of their list of things they wanted to achieve whilst they were here.  They were off to Paphos so I went home to do a bit more gardening and I am systematically going through drawers and sorting out items for charity or binning.

I am in two minds as to whether to sell my mountain bike.  I haven't used it for ages as I actually prefer to walk now and probably cover about the same distances as I would have done if I cycled because it is so hilly here.  The jury is out because once it's gone it will be gone never to be replaced save for something which has a motor!