When I got up at 5.30am today the wind was raging, the waves were pounding on the beach in front of our room and the sea was full of white horses. Once we were walking in the hills we were sheltered from the wind and the sun was hot. John had asked us to make sure we walked as a tight group - because there were lots of places we could take a wrong turn. This was fine until Alison found a gladiola trifolium, which is a miniature gladiola found only in Cyprus, growing in a crack in the path. Then all the botanists wanted a picture! After that the group fragmented into its usual straggly line. Lunchtime found us well advanced towards Dipkarpas, Margaret had a stumble and slightly twisted her knee but Bob was there with his mobile pharmacy and she soon had a chemical ice pack on it. Some of the local muslim women found the sight of me striding through their village with my hiking poles and wearing my shorts, T-shirt and sun hat, hilarious. Can't think why! On our walk John pointed out some excellent examples of pillow lava which looked like man-made walling (see photo) After we returned to the hotel, many of us went for a swim as the sea had calmed, we were hot and it looked inviting. It was rather bracing but very enjoyable. Alison intended paddling in her shorts but the sea had other ideas! Our evening meal was the best yet at the hotel and was followed by the first half of our trekers' theatrical tribute with a performance by our guide team to the tune of 'Home on the Range' in which each of or trekkers appeared. This was followed by a poem written and narrated by The Blister Sisters (Sue and Sarah) and then a socio-political greek tragedy from Philip and Szenka. The second half will take the form of a lunchtime theatrical performance. Tomorrow sees us complete our Cape to Cape challenge. Our mileage today registered 13.8 on the Marek scale.
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