A to Z - Photographs of Arillas and Corfu

Eggy · June 28, 2019, 09:05:27 AM

R is for Recycling Centre in Arillas.

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and receiving such a large response it is difficult for them to keep up.
(had to close the other day as ran out of large "dumpy Bags"
and....... with this heat you can fill one of these, in a day, with crushed water bottles. Hard to beleive but very true.

Cheers
Negg

Eggy · June 28, 2019, 09:09:19 AM

S gives us a snakeskin.
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; Hoping he doesn't return , one evening, to collect it !!

Cheers
Negg

Eggy · June 28, 2019, 09:15:41 AM

T -

Tortoises treated, with great respect, on the roads. (I've even see Greeks stop cars and move them to the undergrowth.
(Pity snakes don't get the same treatment!!)

Negg

patrickjohn · June 28, 2019, 12:23:22 PM

U is for UNOCCUPIED BEACH.

En route to our favourite beach
by pj's memories, on Flickr

Photographed by Julia on 14th September 2016

Best wishes
Pat

Eggy · June 28, 2019, 05:31:46 PM

V for Very nice , PJ. But..... does anyone else apart from us ever look at the effort and time we make??
More you guys than me. You are the "overtime" workers. ( Although could not work overtime in those speedos!!)
But ...apart from us "veterans" , nothing else gets placed on this post. - And I beleive the viewings are on the way down , every month.
and.... PJ , that pic of you staring at St.George , North , gave me a panic attack. The best thing for a panic attack is Big Breaths.
(Worked for me!!)
Negg

soniaP · June 28, 2019, 06:30:53 PM

W is fir wifi code

Eggy · June 28, 2019, 06:36:10 PM

Bravo , Sonia - Knew you would be about, and with something different.
Cheers
Negg

patrickjohn · June 28, 2019, 07:09:34 PM

Eggy: Are you sure I was looking at the headland. There were other attractions much closer at hand!
Pat

soniaP · June 28, 2019, 07:53:32 PM

Yes. Sorry Negg. Will try and up my anti Sir.

Eggy · June 29, 2019, 09:15:45 AM

Sonia - Don't blame yer Auntie!!! -

I just reckon there must be some Arilliacs , out there , poised with a photo for the relevant letter, only to miss it !! - I have missed them more than once and then , sadly, lost the will to wait. - (Hence that little group I popped in)
Maybe just stick em in here when you take em. ?? -

Interesting one you took , though. - What's the history with of "HARI 1936" - or is this the password??

Negg

kevin-beverly · June 29, 2019, 10:45:53 AM

Hi
i think it is a Swallowtail ? give it to the owl

kev

soniaP · June 29, 2019, 07:24:52 PM

It's the password for the wifi at Romeo's in Pagi

soniaP · June 29, 2019, 07:37:30 PM

Ok then Eggy I will be a rebel and here is another w

Eggy · June 29, 2019, 10:24:09 PM

Get on , yer ole rebel you. - Don't even give a letter !! - Take it , as you see it and then post it.
Spur of the moment or the chance could be lost. - Leave the "Brouklis Boss" to me!! There's a revolution going on.
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How about some work going on at the road leading to our house?

Not finished yet but is much better than overgrown brambles and deep gullies. (May put a few euros on our house price as well)

Cheers
Negg

kevin-beverly · July 01, 2019, 08:35:03 AM

HI

A BIT OF HISTORY

A light was exhibited from a rocky islet off the norteast tip of Corfu Island at Peristeres as early as 1828. It was one of the first beacons established in Greece after the War of Independence. Peristeres means the "doves" or "pigeons".

The lighthouse was constructed by the British during their rule of the Ionian Islands. The first light may have been a simple column holding a beacon. It signaled the entrance to the narrow passage between Corfu and the mainland. By 1872 the beacon needed to be replaced and a sturdy stone tower was built. Unfortunately, the 1982 lighthouse is now in ruins due to earthquakes and attacks by German bombers during World War II. Still the Hellenic Lighthouse Service keeps a small modern beacon on the site.

The lighthouse is sometimes called "Kaparelli Light" or "Tiniozo Light". It is a quide for ships headed south out of the Adriatic Sea. The Albanian coastline is visible in the distance. The turbulent waters around the island constantly erode its shores. The intense rainstorms of the isle inspired Prospero's stormy island in Shakespeare The Tempest.

Nearest Town or City:
Kassiopi village, Corfu Isl, Greece

Location: NW of Corfu (Kerkyra) Isl.

Managing Organization:
Hydrographic Office of the Hellenic Navy

Tower Height: 17m
Description of Tower: Stone cylinder tower.

This light is operational

Date Established: 1828

Date Present Tower Built: 1872

Height of Focal Plane: 32

kev