Took the camera out with me the other day for a change, as i really enjoy seeing other peoples out and about pics i thought i'd give it a go.
Could do with some advice on the pics though i think as they just seem to lack something compared to many others pics.
Rucksack is a Osprey Manta 25L, all packed up, felt a bit heavy so i thought i'd see
Bit much for a day hike, but i was expecting a pretty warm day so had near on 6 litres of fluids on board for both me and the dog.
The route was a 15km hike on Mount Hymettus which is just on the outskirts of Athens.
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=370930
Route starts off at the Monistary car park and winds up through some nice woods
Then breaks out onto a rough road the fire trucks use in the summer months.
Through the summer there is usually a few fire crews (volunteers) stationed on the mountain and they drive certain routes throughout the day to keep an eye on things.
As you can see through the pics this mountain has been hit hard by fires over the years, hence it looking a bit bleak in places.
We get a lot of tortoises on the mountain, which for a British bloke still seems odd after all these years.
The fire road ended and it was off up a narrow path up the mountain.
Somehow managed to get Bella to stay still long enough to snap a pic.
Yet another tortoise, we saw 4 in total these 2 were literally on the path, the other 2 were off the path and i couldn't get a clear pic.
It's pretty amazing to see how agile these things can be, they get down sloops i'd not try without a rope.
Then it was back on fire roads again
We stopped for dinner just behind that tree
Sausage and beans
Don't really see much point lugging a heavy fixed blade on a hike so i take with me my Doug Ritter RSK folder (Benchmade Griptilian with different blade).
Bit of a disaster really as cooking beans melted the heat exchanger under the mug Grrrrrrrr
All packed up ( i didn't leave the waling stick )
Timed it pretty well as the sun was setting just as we reached the car
Cheers
Mark
Could do with some advice on the pics though i think as they just seem to lack something compared to many others pics.
Rucksack is a Osprey Manta 25L, all packed up, felt a bit heavy so i thought i'd see
Bit much for a day hike, but i was expecting a pretty warm day so had near on 6 litres of fluids on board for both me and the dog.
The route was a 15km hike on Mount Hymettus which is just on the outskirts of Athens.
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=370930
Route starts off at the Monistary car park and winds up through some nice woods
Then breaks out onto a rough road the fire trucks use in the summer months.
Through the summer there is usually a few fire crews (volunteers) stationed on the mountain and they drive certain routes throughout the day to keep an eye on things.
As you can see through the pics this mountain has been hit hard by fires over the years, hence it looking a bit bleak in places.
We get a lot of tortoises on the mountain, which for a British bloke still seems odd after all these years.
The fire road ended and it was off up a narrow path up the mountain.
Somehow managed to get Bella to stay still long enough to snap a pic.
Yet another tortoise, we saw 4 in total these 2 were literally on the path, the other 2 were off the path and i couldn't get a clear pic.
It's pretty amazing to see how agile these things can be, they get down sloops i'd not try without a rope.
Then it was back on fire roads again
We stopped for dinner just behind that tree
Sausage and beans
Don't really see much point lugging a heavy fixed blade on a hike so i take with me my Doug Ritter RSK folder (Benchmade Griptilian with different blade).
Bit of a disaster really as cooking beans melted the heat exchanger under the mug Grrrrrrrr
All packed up ( i didn't leave the waling stick )
Timed it pretty well as the sun was setting just as we reached the car
Cheers
Mark