I’m afraid it’s just sunrise pictures today as I had nothing else planned or prepared and we’re just back from a walk/jog up the hill and back, and there’s lots to be done today so I can’t hang around for long.
The weather looks like it is going to be more cloud-free today than it was yesterday. There was cloud cover off and on and the air was even a bit chilly. But that didn’t stop people arriving for the holiday or enjoying the afternoon out and about.
This morning’s walk took us up through the village in the usual way, along through the square, waving to Lefteris at the kafeneion and the fabulous baker boys, their oven blazing away inside, them in their flour-covered vests. Past the closed shops and supermarkets (it was 06:00) and up the lanes via the museum, which is still being renovated. Up into the square just before Ag Triada, where the old house is still being renovated, and on up to the very top road, where the new house is still being built.
From there it’s a fast walk-jog-run-pant thing along to the main road, and that bit is easy after the 200 odd steps up to the top, and then onto the main road. Still walking-jogging-gasping we head for the first corner and a little bit beyond before slowing down; each time I do the route I add a little extra hard work, but I have to say, it’s taking me a long time to get back into it this year. And from then on it’s up and around the bend (well you have to be), waving at the red truck on its way to the farm, then the white one, not waving at the arm truck as that seems a bit too familiar, and then nodding to the solider we vaguely know, on his moped as he rattles off to work at the barracks, and finally reach the Kantina.
Not sure if that’s up and running yet, doesn’t look like it. No chairs outside. But hopefully soon, not that we stop for a souvlaki at 06:20 in the morning. Then, after the obligatory sunrise pictures, it’s back down again. This is either at a walk or a fast walk, or, if the knee feels up to it, a slow jog – it gets you home quicker and by now there’s usually a need for the bathroom. And so on back down the same route and this time running until we reach the new house, adding a little more jogging each time as on the way back the top path to Periotisa has a slight incline up, so it’s like the ‘last burn’ before the warm-down. And then back down through the village.
And there you have it; if you’re in the village square on a weekday at just before six, you can join us, but you’re going to have to keep up. Mind you, with the cat going off at four, whether he’s inside or out, and waking me up, I can’t always guarantee to be there. Sometimes it’s just nice to stay in bed.
