Loutro.
We were lied to ………. about the ability to gain student discount on the ferry trip. Regretably we had to pay full price even in our current financial dyer straights at the end of term. At this point we marked our first way point of the trip on the G.P.S intending to continue with this for the rest of the journey from Loutro to Chora Skafion via the coastal path. This didn’t quite go to plan as we encountered some extreme terrain and temperatures of over 40 degrees on our walk. However, the memory of the breeze on the ferry and potential to do a bungy jump in the Samaria Gorge spurred us on through the day.
On arrival in Loutro we were greeted by a wolf whistling parrot and some crazy cretan delivery men. By this time we were in desperate need of a coca cola just to calm our nerves so we stopped for a drink to write down other important observations in Loutro.
We were making good headway with the trek but Jame’s incontinenace slowed us down. This lead to the invention of the spectator sport “extreme urination with James Gater”. At this point a special mention must be made to Mr Chris Kerry who attained a p.b in extreme stone skimming…….he nearly made it to South Africa with his six splashes (see earlier blog for laughs.)
After sunbathing for a few hours and a well deserved swim in the sea we started the second leg of the journey. Walking through the nudist area of sweetwater beach was an uncomfortable experience due to the conversation regarding unexpected pop-ups! Ken closely followed us on the second leg of the journey encouraging us on up the path with a tale of certain death regarding mass movement and a camping couple.
We finished the walk and headed down to Illingas beach to do some further research for our physical project where we had some fanta limon and chatted to the owner of the taverna about the flood in the year 2000. Our day ended with Chris and James argueing over chasing a herd of goats down the road. Safe to say that James was victorious, much to Chris’ disappointment.
The coastal path.
GPS Waypoints.
