Megan's Birthday and Jan and Alun's Wedding

Local Munchkin, Megan, celebrated her 5th birthday with a visit 

 from her two new village "Aunties", Amanda and Mary, she loved her pressies especially the Glitter pack, although Dad, Darren, was'ent too thrilled !

Congratulations to our friends, Jan and Alun, who were married in Las Vegas, All the best for a very Happy future.

The Happy couple flew to Barbados for their honeymoon.

  






The Ceremony is at This Link

Petrol Strike

Our phones were ringing Red hot last night as rumours of an Island wide petrol station strike spread like wildfire. We popped down to the local filling station to be met by lines of cars waiting to fill up. 

The reason the Petrol stations went on strike was in retaliation to a goverment order putting a cap on pump prices

A trip to North West Cyprus

Along with our friends, Steve and Mary, we took a weekend trip to the North West coast of the island. Our base was the village of Pomos, which has a picturesque fishing shelter next to a small beach.

We took a drive out to the local dam, this is such a peaceful area where the only sound was the gentle trickle of the overflow of water from the Dam.

 

From Pomos we drove on to small town of Kato Pyrgos, this is the start of a dramatic drive to Kampos. The winding road clings to the mountain and takes you through the Tylliria hinterland and follows the deep valley of the Pyrgos river.

The village of Kampos sits in a natural valley and has an Alpine feel to it,  most of the buildings having balconies and the older part of the village  has tiny houses  that huddle together in narrow streets.

 

Glad to be Grey

"Glad to be Grey"....Rob celebrated another Birthday, Thanks to all My Family &  friends for all their good wishes, cards, texts, Facebook comments and Prezzies.

A special mention to my  Darling wife who organised  for my friends to meet down the Pissouriana for a drink to celebrate My birthday.

 

Hiking the Yermasoyia area

Rob and Steve set off on one of ther hikes, the starting point was the village of Yermasoyia, which lies just North-West of Limassol. Leaving the village square they followed the path of the dried up river bed, walking through the cirtus groves until they reached Yermasoyia Dam.

 

Walking across the Dam wall they hike towards the village of Phinikaria, they spotted numerous Hawks hovering on the currents above. A quick coffee break at the village taverna and then it was time to hike the Korypi escarpment which was a steep climb upto the peak at 582 metres.

At the Peak of Korypi there are some wonderful panoramic views, 

 on the Northern side is the Reservoir, backed by the imposing Troodos mountains and to the South lies commanding views of the Town of Limassol backed by the Medditerean sea.

Jan's Hen night

To celebrate the forthcoming marriage of Jan and Alun, thier friends in Pissouri organised a Hen/Stag party in the village. The guys met at the Pissoriana for a couple of drinks and the"Ladies" met at the Symposium tavern for a meze meal.

Jan was dressed as "The horny Devil" and the other  ladies were asked to wear something on their head and there were some great outfits. 

 There was a large tunout  of well wishers showing how popular this couple are, both parties then met up at the Symposium to dance the night away.

The Coptic winds, El Fedra El Kibirain have arrived, they have blown here in Pissouri for 3 days, This blog had a reporter on hand to give an update. Click here to hear our Exclusive  Report.

Burns Night in Pissouri

 

Tracy and Dave kindly invited us to their Burns night supper. The guests arrived to the stirring music of the pipes. Dave made the welcome speech and then we sat  down to the traditional supper of Cullen Skink soup, followed by Haggis, Neep and Tatties.

Tracy then gave the Address to the Immortal memory of Robert Burns, this was followed by Rob giving the "Toast to The Lassies" speech.  Mandy then replied with the "Toast to the Laddies", all speeches were accompanied by a selection of Scottish whiskies !

Finally we were treated to a selction of Burns poems and some rousing singing of well known scottish songs.

The whole evening was superb, Thanks to Tracy and Dave for their hospitality.

Somehow (The whiskie played a part) they managed to get Rob into a kilt !

The temperature has taken a drop down to 5 degrees here in Cyprus, the  sea has turned choppy and their is snow on the Troodos mountains.


To warm up we did a 10k hike around the village of Pissouri.

Happy Birthday Mandy

To celebrate Mandy's birthday we took a trip to the village of Mandria for a night out. We started off with a slap up Fish and chip dinner, sadly a glass of wine was tipped over one of the guests, luckily, this particular guest is used to being wet throughout the day. (Hint 4D)


We then went over to the "Get it" Inn  for a couple of drinks and  to  dance the night away as  the singer Stevie Dean performed her show.


 

Click here  A new video has been posted on YouTube showing the International debut of Cyprus's winner of "You ain't got talent"

Click here  A new video has also been posted showing the Milk Tray man who lives in Pissouri.

To blow away the cobwebs of the recent festivities, Rob, Mandy, Steve and Mary decided to go for a Sunday hike. The starting point was the village of Mamonia  which is East of Paphos. They hiked South following the dried up bed of the River Diarizos.

 

They stopped for lunch in the deserted village of Souskio, this Turkish Cypriot village was abandonded in 1974 and the ruined buildings that are left are used as livestock pens.

 

 Moving on they followed the irrigation channel before arriving at Nikokleia, this hike is about 5 mile/ 8km and the tracks it follows are in good condition.

 

On New Years day, Theo celebrated his birthday with a large gathering of  family and friends at the 1911 club. A suberb souvla lunch was cooked in the courtyard and we finally found out what a Scotsman uses his Sporran for !

 New Year's Eve video via YouTube available here

   A very Happy New Year to all our family, friends and blog visitors.

On NewYears Eve, Dave and Tracy invited us around to their house for Hogmanay. Dave looked the part dressed in his kilt of "Freedom tartan"

Dressed as" Rab C Nesbitt" and "Jamsie Cotter",two uninvited guest turned up halfway through the celebrations.  A couple of dodgy Scottish accents aroused suspicion that Steve and Rob were up to their old tricks.