Keeping it simple this morning and sharing five Symi photos, taken by Neil over the past few days. You will see they are page-fitting size again. A few people have said they like this format, so I thought I’d employ it from time to time. If you follow Facebook you might like to follow the Neil Gosling Photography page. You will always find interesting images there and not just from Symi, but from his travels too. So today’s first photo:
You can wend your way up from Yialos by several routes. From the bottom of the Kali Strata, head upwards and then take the first set of side-steps up to your right and zigzag up; it looks daunting, it is at times, but you find great views. And some chickens. Lots of chickens. Oh, and plants:
On this ‘Graham’, if you look closely, you can see Trevor the spider eating poor old Amos the fly. ‘When he said come for lunch,’ said Amos in his last interview, ‘I didn’t think he meant…’
As you know, I am not a plant person. I leave all that to the experts: Adriana (see her blog) and Lyndon (see his blog).
Some of the island’s church are open at all times, others are locked. You can try the doors but don’t force them. They say not to use flash when photographing frescoes (though I think that might be to do with chemicals, from the old days?) and of course, be respectful. I always drop a coin or two in the box though if I light a candle, I blow it out before I leave. I’m a bit ‘health & safety’ in that respect.
And here we have the man himself being Stig of the Dump, a book I remember fondly from a few years back. We found this chair in the quarry on our way back from a walk.
