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Personal Websites The Gilmore/Bradshaw/Hinchley Family website Photograph albums from my Explore and other trips The Moore Village website, sponsored by NTS Net Ikaria Past and Present - a Celebration of a Beautiful Aegean Island Photographs of the 70th Party and a video of part of the Traditional Carrington Moss Mummer's Play performed at the party have now been posted: Photographs are at: Photographs and the video below. (You may have to wait for it to be loaded.) This is a low quality video for Internet purposes (Right-Click here to download to your computer). If anyone who was at the party wants a copy of the full quality .mp4 file get in touch. I can also provide full resolution copies of the photographs to those who want them. If anyone has photographs they took at the party I'd be delighted if you would email them to me. (Let me know if you would like any of them posting up on the photos page.)	The Three-Score and Ten Party - Saturday 14th January 2012 Well, it happened! It was a fantastic night! 66 people came along and, as far as I know, all of them enjoyed themselves. Thelwall Morris did a couple of dances and I was even allowed to join in Vandals without kit. Later on they entertained us with the Traditional Carrington Moss Mummers Play. As usual that was very well played with the exception of the substitute Doctor who, in spite of being the only one qualified to call himself Doctor, forgot a line or two. I really would like to thank everyone for turning up. Amost everyone, even those people who I haven't seen for years, said 'Yes' when invited to come and all but a few, due to illness, didn't actually appear. I was particularly pleased to that Sue Bradburne called in so soon after Derek's funeral. It was good to see her. So... Thank you to all my cousins who travelled some distance to come, Thank you to all those friends who came, some of which I haven't seen for ages, Thank you to Topsy who organized the cake and was involved in the organization, Thank you to Shirley who let us use the Red Lion for the evening, Thank you to Constantine who provided the excellent food - far above expectation. His stifatho was superb! Thank you for all the cards and presents and donations to St Rocco's.
Why Ikaria? Ikaria is an island in the Agean, close to Samos. Aligned on an East-West axis, it is about 39 km long and 9 km across at its widest. It has a spine of mountains about 950 m (about 3000 ft) high, which is closer to the southern side of the island. (The highest is Mt. Atheras at 3400 ft.) That means the whole of the southern side is backed by the very steep mountainside, while the northern side has deep gorges cutting into the mountain. They are fantastically picturesque, but do mean that the roads are very convoluted as they go in and out of the gorges. From the airport to Evdilos is 16 km away as the crow flies, but in practice it is a 47 km drive, including a climb over a 604 m hill, taking 45 minutes on average. The island has some fantastic beaches, a lot of very fine walking (including a walk along the whole length of the mountain spine if you have the enthusiasm - and fitness.) The pace of life is slow and thoughtful. Ikaria was designated as one of the Blue Zones - an area of the world where the inhabitants live significantly longer average. Obviously, the climate is warmer than the UK, but we do have a winter and it might even snow - but only just. In July and August the weather can be very hot and, for some, unpleasant. Easter, Spring and September are great times to be on the island. In the winter, when many people retreat to their apartments in Athens, the island is quiet. In July and August, when Greeks tend to go on holiday, the prime beach areas are very busy. Yes, we do have tourists, but very seldom the objectionable type. Apart from the way of life - friendliness, politeness, concern for friends and family, almost total lack of crime and freedom - I love the way that, apart from July and August, every day is different - the sea and the mountains are never quite the same. Sunny days, calm days, stormy days come and go, always giving something to marvel at. Even over a series of sunny days, the cloud on the mountain will be different. One thing we don't get, I'm glad to say, is day-after-day-after-day of gloomy grey skies. Google knows all about Ikaria. If you intend to visit the island, beware! You could fall in love with it! Photographs of Ikaria
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