Category Archives: The Mani

Mani
The Mani is a relatively remote and unspoilt region of the Greek Peloponnese. A land of mountains, rugged coasts, war towers and Byzantine churches. The crucible of Greek independence.

Kardamyli

Mining the Diaries 88: Greece Liakoto Apartments, Kardamyli, Greece, 15th May 2014 Part of the enduring legacy of Patrick Leigh Fermor’s life is his house at Kalamitsi, just south of Kardamili, widely considered to be one of the great writers’ … Continue reading

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Kardamyli

Mining the Diaries 77: Greece Stone House, Kardamyli, Wednesday 9th June 2010 Morning.  Still, silent.  Sun breasting the Taygetos woke dormant cicadas. Today we planned to walk to the church at Agia Sophia, which we can see high up overlooking … Continue reading

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Mining the Diaries 68: Greece 2007

Stone House, Kardamili, 10th July 2007 We set off at 7.15 after an early breakfast and headed south to Areopolis, then onward into the Deep, Mesa, Mani with Patrick Leigh Fermor (Mani – Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, 1958) as … Continue reading

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Mani 2022 – 4

Final late postcards to self from the Mani.

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Further delayed postcard to self. Cheese pie at the Kalamaki souvlaki restaurant.  Spinich pie and zucchini pie earlier in the week.

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Mani Eucalyptus

‘It is odd that an antipodean tree, the eucalyptus, unknown before the voyages of Captain Cook, should look so beautiful and appropriate along many a Peloponnesian road. I think they unconsciously suggest the dream vegetation in the imaginary classical landscapes … Continue reading

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Mani 2022 – 2

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Delayed postcards to self from the Mani.

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Kardamili Alarm

Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto, my daily 6.00 am alarm call in Kardamili.

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Totemic Pole

‘Totem poles are monumental carvings, a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures.’ No carving on this pole, just reminders of analogue messaging for the digital age.

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Mani 2022

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Postcards to self from the Mani.

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Agios Nikolaos, Hora

I was due to fly to Greece for a week in the Mani at Kardamili yesterday, but it became a pandemic victim.  Tom Sawford’s excellent web site dedicated to Patrick Leigh Fermor, patrickleighfermor.org, reminded me that my departure would have … Continue reading

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Covid 19 Day 57 18th May

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100 Photographs 041

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Joan Leigh Fermor 3

Joan Leigh Fermor as a photographer, as opposed to a handmaid to male writers, has long been something of an enigma: the claims made for the quality of her work were hardly borne out by its limited publication during her … Continue reading

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