Friday, 27 September 2019

ZAKYNTHOS

A brief week away with Mr Cook in Zakynthos,the weather was warm and sunny but breezy,we survived but Mr Cook unfortunately passed away on our last night.Fortunately we got back unscathed more or less on schedule,others were not so lucky.
Zakynthos was not great for birds highlights being a small flock of Alpine Swifts and a few Red Rumped Swallows passing through one morning.
 MYTHOS -the beer of choice.
 BRIGHT AND BREEZY
 GREEK FISHING VESSEL
 ACROSS TO THE MAINLAND FROM ALYKES
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 SUNDOWN ALYKES
 SWALLOWTAIL
 SWALLOWTAIL
To see a bit more of the island we hired a car for two days and saw most it from north to south and east to west, a few villages and a couple of monasteries were visited on the way.
 KILIOMENOS BELL TOWER
 FREYERS GRAYLING
 BIG BLACK BEE
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 FAROS- CAPE SKINARI ON THE NORTHERN TIP.


IN A MONASTERY GARDEN -
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 -GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
 -MOST OF THE ISLAND IS COVERED WITH PINE TREES WHICH ARE VULNERABLE TO FIRES,
 -MONASTERY OF ST DIONYSIOS
 COMMON BUZZARD
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 ALIKANAS the next village to Alykes
 MEADOW BROWN
 MB
 GREEK SALAD
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 ZAKYNTHOS TOWN was destroyed by the 1953 earthquake.
AGIOS DIONYSIOS CHURCH


 MARE DE LEVANTE arriving in port.
 RED RUMPED SWALLOW
 MARBLED SKIPPER
 LONG TAILED BLUE
 LONG TAILED BLUE
MEDITERRANEAN SKIPPER

 
FAREWELL TO DANNYS- RIP THOMAS COOK.

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