Cretanvista Site News & News Reviews - JULY 2006 Issue 41 |
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JULY
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Copyright Richard@cretanvista Is having to continue this month without Wilf and Pam, who have popped back to the UK for a spot of R&R and babysitting. Meanwhile, Ann and Richard are in control (and we use the term loosely...) and no doubt wreaking all kinds of havoc. Sorry, Wilf - it has become "Homes and Gardens" - read on....
Homes
and Gardens
As
long as the lemon tree is not
blown away in the next gales, the den should stand for a while. Richard and I
felt a bit like Robinson Crusoe – but
relished the challenge. We were a bit puzzled as to why we had been chosen to assist, but think it could be that all the other adults in the village had
already been asked and refused. Or it may just be that they realized how
practical Richard is and thought he would be the ideal chap for the job! |
In the News Reviews....
Grim news on road deaths... A nation of stay-at-homes... Restoration on lighthouse complete... British tourists in brawl disgrace... Tax hikes on cigarettes and mobiles... The Greek government announced big rises in taxes on cigarettes and monthly subscriptions for mobile phones... Link to story. Fast food outlets attacked... Two MacDonalds restaurants and a Starbucks coffee shop suffered fire damage in the Athens area... Link to story. Missing teenager found in Athens... A 14-year-old British girl missing from home for three weeks was found in Athens in the company of the man with whom she allegedly ran away... Link to story.
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FREE... TWO HOLIDAY VILLAS... |
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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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Earthquake activity Only one wobble to report this month. However, it is worth remembering that earthquakes never go away altogether - the shaking of the earth simply decreases for a while... 31
Jul: 4.4 Richter Scale, 03.40 am. Felt in Iraklion and surroundings. Epicentre
deep in the sea, some 19 kilometers to the north.
Link
to Story. It's strange how different one's perception is from actual reality! Early in July we were telling everyone back in the UK that it was 'cooler than usual and a bit windy'. However, in order to be accurate - and we must be accurate on this website - I trawled at length in the weather pages and discovered something very interesting. There were actually only seven days in the month when the temperature stayed under 80 degrees Fahrenheit, and four when it was over 90 degrees. What we had felt was a 'cooler' month was hotter than average on every single day! Even the daily 'low' temperatures were up on the average! What
had made the difference, of course, was the exceptionally strong
northerly winds; except for the first of the month, wind speeds every day were
in excess of 10 miles an hour. On eight days, in fact, gusts exceeded 20 mph!
Another difference was that for six days and nights early in the month, the
wind blew non-stop - normally the pattern is that the breeze gets up during
the morning, blows in the afternoon and dies away by sunset. |
Wild Flowers: Stands at 192 different wild flowers. 99% have
been taken right here at the base of the Rodopos peninsula. We are continually
working on these galleries and will soon been adding further pages, including
detailed reference pages and more photos of each specimen. There are now more
than 4,000+ flower photographs in our databases.
Special Gallery. A first! Klaus-Dieter Thill - author of
Minaturkapellen
auf Krista, a real photo album detailing some of those enigmatic roadside shrines of
Crete. Klaus has supplied photographs for this gallery which is now on-line here at
Cretanvista.
There will also be, of course, a review the book...
The 2006
calendar gallery is on-line. LINK. |
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E-Mail Requests.. The
Cretan Vista Calendar Photos - Birds. |
Best Books..
We will be updating the appearance of this section fairly soon - particularly
the Icons
leading directly to the bookshelves (maybe prettier than the ones above!) and perhaps the current new
book review box.
The 'Bookshelf' links (yellow) above contain all books. Excuses, excuses.... If you think the book reviews are a bit slow in coming on line, please blame me (Ann) and not Wilf. He is not slow in supplying me with reading material - and I'm not actually slow in reading it either. It's just that every time I'm poised to write a review something intervenes. This month it was watching birds make nests, watering the garden, building houses, blah blah blah. But, coming shortly (or fairly shortly, anyway) are the following: Western Crete: 45 walks in Kissamos and Selinos, by Alan Hall. (Do I really have to do all 45 walks in order to review it properly?). The Rough Guide to Crete. Battle of Crete by George Forty. |