It’s about that time

The interior of Barramares café on the Skopelos paralia has been a hive of activity in recent days, in preparation for re-opening tomorrow, Friday March 18. Owner Vassilis Spyrou has been away, so we have no idea of his plans for 2016, although he and his crew have been busy redecorating and spraying the furniture white, and the sudden appearance of these teaser snaps of cookies and meringues on the Barramares Facebook page suggests that Dina has been busy in her kitchen.

We also see that works are underway at Diethnis, the ‘International’ café next door, so imagine it is only a matter of time before it too re-opens. More on that when they set a date.

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Cancellation and rescheduling

Due to a severe incident that he had to operate on, orthopedic surgeon Dr. George Gatos was not able to be on Skopelos for his scheduled appointments. He will visit Skopelos again next Wednesday 23rd of March. For appointments please call on 2424023837.

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Trail clearing and crowd funding

Heather Parsons will resume her trail clearing efforts this year on 17 April. She has managed to get eleven volunteers to help this spring. They are from Germany, UK, New Zealand, USA and Czech Republic. In 2007, 250 way-marking discs were bought with money donated by SCAN. Stocks are now exhausted and other materials like gloves and hand tools need to be bought. Please help Heather to continue this great effort.

If anyone would like to make a donation, Heather has started a crowd-funding page here
Contact Heather on (0030) 6945249328 if you want to help with the clearing or for more information. The group this year will be concentrating on continuing the reopening of the Skopelos to Elios heritage trail.

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