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Crete

Great Crete holiday with friends

September 2023

Crete, it’s time to leave 

We sat outside our apartment after breakfast and a very smart Mercedes people carrier pulled up. We climbed in and …

Crete day 9 walk in the pine forest

On our walk back from breakfast we encountered a rather odd sight for a Londoner, a mule on a truck …

Day 8 in Crete head to the top of the mountain

Today we take a pickup truck and head up the mountain for 21km mostly on a dirt road. We drive …

Day 7 in Crete and the climb from Loutro

Our last breakfast in Loutro where we are too late to find a seat in the shade. We need to …

Another day another gorge

Another day and another gorge. We made our way by boat to Aradena Gorge which begins a couple of hundred …

Day four and the Samarian Gorge

We all met up outside the Relax Hotel at 8:30 to take the bus to Omalos, the start of the …

Downhill and back to the sea

A short bus ride from our hotel brought us to a little village and a valley that leads down to …

Crete Day 2 and walking begins

I began the day by apologising to Maggi for my behaviour the previous evening. We came down for breakfast, selected …

Journey to Crete

A very early start today. We left the house at 4:30 and set off for the Heathrow with Fiona. Maggi …