Cretanvista Site News & News Reviews - October 2006 Issue 44 |
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OCTOBER
WEATHER ... _____________________________ Kastelli
Storm
© Another recent storm this time pictured at Kastelli Harbour - Kissamos. There was considerable damage on the north western coast of Crete..
Astratigos
Village Life...
It
seemed to be following in the tracks of our baker - like a triffid following an
ice-cream van with it's chimes switched on! The bakers' van blocked it.
Thrummm, thrummm, thrummm, Pissshht! Pissshht! Pissshht!
At each side turning - usually a driveway - the machine sort of hiccoughed several times as it passed the opening - Pissshht! Pissshht! Pissshht! Pissshht!- leaving behind a broken line - presumably to allow entry and exit, before continuing on.
Half
an hour later it returned from the direction in which it had it had disappeared,
now drawing a
line down the opposite side of the road. 'Side' that is, until it reached the
church. At that point it veered away wildly towards the middle of the
square - presumably to allow parking outside the church. Either that or it was
a vampire.... Come
to think of it - and judging by his present performances, David himself might
still be around.....Think of that - a three thousand year-old David
Attenborough.... |
In the News .... |
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FERRY SERVICES. |
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Moving to Crete - Practical Advice.. An e-mail copy is available as a Microsoft word file - a very fast email of very useful information. |
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Sea front damage - CLICK to View |
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Earthquake activity An almost non-existent amount of activity to report this month. 15 Oct: 4.0 Richter Scale, 13.00pm. Rafina. Epicenter about 20Km east of Athens. Link Closed. And that, apart from a little activity around
Cyprus, was It.... |
Photo Galleries Miniature Chapels of Crete.
GENERAL: There are now 13 galleries featuring aspects of Cretan
life, including sunrise and sunset pictures; Souda Bay War Cemetery; and the
gallery of magnificent wild-life pictures by Anastasios Sakoulis,
author of "Stigmotipa Tis Kritikis Freesis" (Moments of Cretan
Nature); our infant gallery about house
renovation; and of course our annual calendar galleries containing 60 or so
pictures of north western Crete about to increase by 12 - for 2007. |
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Cretan Vista Calendar Photos - Birds. (Please email us
before sending pictures). |
Best Books..
The 'Bookshelf' links (yellow) above contain all books. ___________________ Can this be you.....or yours?.. This
Month - Wilf B. |