Last Sunday six of us went for a four hour walk on Paradise
Island.
Phillipa, the avid bushwalker in
the group, wanted to explore a side track she had seen on one of her previous
walks.
We were all game and at least
those of us from Songster
much in
need of exercise.
We went past the
Nimara
cave which I mentioned in a blog last year (We cannot believe we have been
away from Australia for over a year now – but that is another story.) and then
continued through the pine forest and meadows around to the eastern side of the
island.
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| Bob, Ramin, Chris and Patrick climbing to the top |
It was a perfect day, warm but not too hot and a bit of
cloud cover to shield us from the intense Mediterranean sun. The path and meadows were filled with spring
flowers. There were irises, orchids, daisies, forget-me-nots and many
more that I didn't recognise. There was also heaps of wild sage and
oregano that smelled wonderful. I picked some and used it in a potato
frittata that night which was very tasty.
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| Wattle |
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| Poppy |
We went as far as we could until the path petered out and
was covered with fallen trees.
Then
turned back and had lunch in one of the meadows.
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| Ramin and Bob having a rest |
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| A snooze after lunch |
In our time in Turkey we have not encountered much wild
life. We have seen a few rabbits and tortoises
but mostly we have only seen domesticated farm animals in the fields. On this walk we came across a few tortoises, a lizard
and evidence of wild boar – muddy wallows with boar prints.
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| Tortoise in the meadow |
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| Lizard hidding |
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| Mud wallow with boar tracks |
All in all a perfect Sunday walk.
Thanks Phillipa.
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