Our final day of ‘activity’ here on the Greek Island of Evia. As has been a theme of the trip, it started with the short walk from bed to the roof top terrace for a morning brew and some sunrise appreciation. The wind had picked up today making it feel a bit cooler than usual, Read more

Hoorah! The sunshine is back and today felt a little bit like what a Greek Island climbing trip should be like. The sky has been so blue that it’s been almost impossible to believe that it was pouring with rain all day and into the night yesterday. We went up to one of the ‘close Read more

We’ve had a couple of damp days since the Christmas Day fun. Actually, we’ve had one damp day and one day of solid torrential rain! Climbing and swimming were both off the menu, but between the showers, we took a Boxing Day walk up our local volcano! Which happens to have a church built on Read more

Our host arrived at the front door on Christmas Eve with yet another tray of ‘Christmas Cakes’! This time she also had a Santa hat on and a little bag of wrapped presents for us each! We’d spent the overcast day exploring a section of the coast and managed a short cliff top walk near Read more

Ahhh! After a week in Greece, we finally got the climbing kit unpacked and clip some fresh bolts while hanging off a steep sunny cliff, at the sector called ‘All the Universe’. Excitement levels were running high! And I got to tie into our new rope for the first time – always a nice process. Read more

After a little time spent looking at a range of weather forecasts, we decided that our best option for dry (or at least sheltered) conditions, would be to drive over the the south western side of the island. It was only a forty five minute drive, but on a very slow road. The winding lanes Read more