Crete

Crete in Bloom 15 - 21 April 2008

Holiday led by Stephen Waters and Clive Daws http://www.purecrete.com/

We were met at the airport and driven to our houses

In the evening we watched a slide show about the island and its plants. Those who had got up at 2 a.m. found it hard to stay awake.

Peter's pictures can be found on http://www.pjspictures.me.uk/1.PJP_Crete1.htm

Pictures by Jenny Neal, who was on the first of the two holiday weeks, includes some excellent wildlife http://flickr.com/photos/jennyn

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CRETE

Wednesday

16.4.2008

Trip to the ruins at Aptera

Walk back to Megala Chorafia

Patio at Artemis

The cat moved from the patio seat and importuned through the window

Aptera meadow

Petromarula pinnata

Praying mantis egg case

Gladiolus italicus

Nepeta scordotis

Muscari comosum

Medicago scutellata

Psoralea bituminosa

Snails

Anagalis arvensis

Courtyard Aptera

Ruins

Panoramic view from the Turkish Fort. The sections don't match and the colour is wrong, but it took so long to do it had to be included...

View from the Turkish Fort

Turkish Fort

Dracunculus vulgaris

Urtica pilulifera

Pallensis spinosa

Wasps' Nest

Ophrys bombyliflora

Swallowtail

Aptera

Almonds

Asphodelus aestivus

Allium nigrum

Echium plantagineum

Tordylium apulum

Borago officinalis

Grasshopper

Hyoscyamus albus

Escapee from gardens - Zantedescia aetheipica

Church Megala Chorafia

Met a long- furred blue cat called Baby and his owner. The cat was sitting on a gate post with a bowl of cat food protected from the dogs milling around in the yard.

We also saw a pig with a harness for 'walkies' who apparently accepts tribute. Later in the week we took him some marmite sandwiches which were up to grunt.