Quad Bikes & Jeeps Out - Bring In The Tractors & Rotorvators
I've been out of circulation for a few days due to having picked up a head cold. It came out of nowhere so I took the sensible action of tucking myself up in bed, drinking plenty of water & supping hot blackcurrent drinks which I'd had the foresight to bring out with me from the UK.
In the UK a cold would normally stick around with me for about 10 days or so but about 4 days had this one beat. Have to put that down to the diet including lots of garlic & fresh fruit.
So now I am back up & running, what is happening around me?
The few planes that are coming in to Zakynthos are now arriving empty & just collecting those few tourists who are still here to take them home again. After this coming weekend there will be no more direct flights to the island, anyone wishing to come must do so via a flight first to Athens then the one a day Olympic flight to Zakynthos.
The familiar sight of jeeps, quad bikes & hired mopeds has changed to one of mainly local vehicles including a recent profusion of tractors as fields get ploughed ready for the planting of winter crops. There has also been lots of activity locally clearing out the ditches that surround areas of land & burning off the excess vegetation that would otherwise clog them up. This is all in readiness for the large amounts of rain that I have been warned will come during the Winter
Only the other week Sia & Otto called in a man with a rotovator to prepare the garden for planting. After his work was done the earth was formed into ridges & furrows to allow for the heavy rainfall to have somewhere to run off to during the Winter.
Sia had been out & bought cabbage & brocolli plants to provide me, Justine & Simon with some fresh vegetables during the Winter. I helped her to plant them out & will be in charge of their care when Sia & Otto are away in Switzerland & Justine & Simon are in Australia.
As well as planting out vegetables I have also been out in a field opposite, collecting bits of small wood to use as tinder to start my fire going in the wood burning stove. We have some big wood left over from last years supply but will need to get more delivered to get us all through Winter. Justine thought it was quite funny that I had been scratting about in a field collecting wood - very rural. I did joke with her that she should be grateful I had not taken to wearing a wicker basket on my back too LOL
In the UK a cold would normally stick around with me for about 10 days or so but about 4 days had this one beat. Have to put that down to the diet including lots of garlic & fresh fruit.
So now I am back up & running, what is happening around me?
The few planes that are coming in to Zakynthos are now arriving empty & just collecting those few tourists who are still here to take them home again. After this coming weekend there will be no more direct flights to the island, anyone wishing to come must do so via a flight first to Athens then the one a day Olympic flight to Zakynthos.
The familiar sight of jeeps, quad bikes & hired mopeds has changed to one of mainly local vehicles including a recent profusion of tractors as fields get ploughed ready for the planting of winter crops. There has also been lots of activity locally clearing out the ditches that surround areas of land & burning off the excess vegetation that would otherwise clog them up. This is all in readiness for the large amounts of rain that I have been warned will come during the Winter
Only the other week Sia & Otto called in a man with a rotovator to prepare the garden for planting. After his work was done the earth was formed into ridges & furrows to allow for the heavy rainfall to have somewhere to run off to during the Winter.
Sia had been out & bought cabbage & brocolli plants to provide me, Justine & Simon with some fresh vegetables during the Winter. I helped her to plant them out & will be in charge of their care when Sia & Otto are away in Switzerland & Justine & Simon are in Australia.
As well as planting out vegetables I have also been out in a field opposite, collecting bits of small wood to use as tinder to start my fire going in the wood burning stove. We have some big wood left over from last years supply but will need to get more delivered to get us all through Winter. Justine thought it was quite funny that I had been scratting about in a field collecting wood - very rural. I did joke with her that she should be grateful I had not taken to wearing a wicker basket on my back too LOL
posted by Sandra at
10:45 pm
2 Comments:
Oh what a lovely time you must have had "getting back to nature". I'm so envious, I'm sure you will enjoy the peace and quiet and true "Greekness" of that lovely island over the closed season. Make sure you have plenty of wood stockpiled, and you can snuggle up and forget the turmoils of the world outside - yuuummmmmy!! Love Lesley (Sweepsmum!!) xx
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Lesley and Andrew, at October 29, 2006
It must be so nice to have another chapter opening in your experience on Zante, how nice to be able to see the seasons change, the greekness return and time to meet the true people of this lovely island.
By
Kaz, at October 29, 2006
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