Skopelos Scramblers will walk from Pirgos to Panormos

Last Sundays walk to Amarantos, although well known to the Scramblers, did not disappoint with views, a wonderful picnic and 12 walkers and two furry friends to chat to.

This Sundays walk begins at Sklavenitis supermarket Skopelos Town at 10.30 to organize transport. From there they will drive to Pyrgos, where the walk down to Panormos beach, will begin. It’s a good road again with wonderful views. Once Panormos beach is reached the group will set up their shared picnic and for sure some will brave the waters for a swim. Transport will be organized to take drivers back to the starting point of the walk.
Any questions phone Muriel 6983010118

Annual Literature festival; second year

Skopelos, 20-4-2024

PRESS RELEASE

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL OF SKOPELOS

“LITERARY SPRING-NIKOS MARKOU” 2024

HONORED LITERATURE: SCANDINAVIAN

SKOPELOS, APRIL 27 Saturday & 28 Sunday 2024 VENUE ORFEAS CINEMA AND CONFERENCE CENTER. FREE ENTRANCE

With great joy and pride, the Municipality of Skopelos announces the 2nd International Literary Festival of Skopelos “Literary Spring-Nikos Markou”, honoring Scandinavian literature and featuring guest authors and translators from Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.

Greek readers, traditionally familiar with the “classics” of Scandinavian literature (Ibsen, Strindberg, Hamsun), began rediscovering the literature of the northern countries with the rise of Nordic noir in the early 21st century. However, the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023 to Norwegian Jon Fosse has crowned a remarkably successful publishing journey of non-crime Scandinavian literature worldwide.

With this in mind, this year’s “Literary Spring-Nikos Markou”, in its second year as an international literary festival, dedicates its efforts to acquainting and rekindling the relationship of Greek readers with contemporary Scandinavian literature, its authors, and translators.

Official guests of the festival:

• Eirikur Ertu Nørdudal (Iceland): novelist, poet

• Jan Henrik Swahn (Sweden): novelist, translator

• Tomas Marco Blatt (Norway): poet, novelist

• Margarita Melberg (Sweden/Greece): translator

• Vicky Alyssandraki (Iceland/Sweden/Greece): translator

• Theodoris Rakopoulos (Norway/Greece): poet, translator

• Krystalli Glynidadaki (Norway/Greece): poetess, translator

Organizing Committee:

Krystalli Glynidadaki

Eleni Kosma

Lizzy Tsirimokou

Stamatis Perissis

Giorgos Papadavid

With the support of the Municipality of Skopelos and the Embassies of Norway and Sweden in Greece, Norwegian Literature Abroad (NORLA) and the Swedish Arts Council (Kulturrådet), the Region of Thessaly, and Thea Home Hotel.

Municipality of Skopelos

Storm over

(there used to be a very big tree there…)

Here are some results of the heavy storm, with winds reaching 10 Beaufour, that hit Skopelos island and other areas. The storm was expected last night but on Skopelos early this morning we had the most wind and rain. We are very lucky that around that time not many people were around. A lot of trees were uprooted and many branches were cut off. Some trees on the harbor front were trimmed after branches broke off and fell in between the coffee places. Walls caved in and stones came down from rock formations.

In Elios many trees on the beach were uprooted and some big branches fell in the playground area.

Source of both videos: Ευαγγελος Ευαγγελινος

The Scramblers start at 10.30 hours on Sunday

The Skopelos Scramblers will meet at 10.30 hours on Sunday at the Sklavenitis supermarket. Sorry for the mistake!

Bad weather coming

Bad weather is forecasted for the Thessaly province (Volos and Larissa included) and the Sporades. The weather will start tonight and can continue all day tomorrow, Saturday. EMY, the National Meteorological Service has send out warnings that heavy rain and strong winds can occur (see map) Please be careful.

Source: http://www.emy.gr/emy/en/warning/meteoalarm

Scramblers are off to Amarandos

Last Sundays walk to Vathia beach in Kalogeros was wonderful. The road is good enough to walk on but with a car it is difficult. The Scramblers had a picnic and a swim there.

This Sunday morning everybody will meet at Sklavenitis supermarket at 10.30 hours. There we can see who goes in whose car to drive to the starting point of the walk. The walk is circular and at Amarandos, almost halfway, the picnic will be held and then the Scramblers will continue towards Agnondas where a swim is optional. From there you can walk back to the car or other arrangements can be made. Please bring something for the picnic.

Home is where the hearts are

A simple cake brought tears to my eyes today. It was just given to me by my landlady. She said she made one and gave me these two pieces and she was then going to give another two pieces to her mother, who lives opposite the street during the summer. I put the pieces on my desk without looking at them but when I started to smell the cake it suddenly brought tears to my eyes. These simple things make me realize again and again why I love living here. The people, their kindness! Home is where the hearts are.

Agnondas harbor

The Agnondas harbour part that was destroyed some years ago is finally being restored. Last week the main part was installed and yesterday it was filled up with cement.

For B.

The weather on Skopelos has been fantastic these last few weeks but I think it is too hot for this time of the year. Many trees and bushes are blooming, flowers have come up and showing their bright colors! We have seen hedgehogs come out of their wintersleep, there are more and more insects around and this morning I saw my first butterfly up close. I was photographing the flower but the butterfly I saw on it, is a lovely bonus. Butterflies and B. go together so this post is for him. Can you name the butterfly B.?

Skopelos Environmental Committee

On Wednesday the Skopelos Environmental Committee was set up by the municipality.
Participants in the committee are people who were a part of the group of people involved in the election for a new mayor last year.
The group will have an office that is located near the KEP office opposite the children’s playground.
Several things were discussed.

1) The committee would like to form a group of volunteers that would want to help when a certain action is taking place. One of the members of the committee mentioned the Facebook page Green and Clean Skopelos https://www.facebook.com/groups/301413427350341 and how we could use this group to inform and maybe organize an action. It is important the the action is well organized and has meaning.
2) The committee is going to research and try to find European programs that help to upgrade the island in relation with the environment and the protection of it.
3) The committee is looking for ideas about the upkeep and cleaning of various beaches and the surrounding areas and the monitoring of other areas on the island like the forest also in regards to illegal waste dumping.
4) Highlighting of various problems concerning the environment with the participation of the public.
5) The committee is also planning to hold events in the future (speeches, school visits etc.) related to the environment
6) The committee will also try and highlight the efforts of the municipality to the public with regard to the environment. At the moment there is a study of fire protection through the new local government network “Hellenic Network of Resilient Cities) as well as the anti-flood study that has been submitted to the province authorities.