{"id":3905,"date":"2024-04-18T20:40:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/?page_id=3905"},"modified":"2024-04-24T16:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T16:28:18","slug":"crete-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/crete\/crete-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Crete – 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Triopetra beach loop via Agia Pavlos<\/strong> – 24th April 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the mountains again today. However, the road down to the coast wasn’t too bad and I never even met another car going or coming. Had a terrifying moment with a big dumper truck carrying gravel. He came up behind and just pulled out to pass on the bend no slowing down at all. I suspect he could see down the mountain from his cab but just maybe he took a chance, lack of traffic and all.
Once I got back up the mountain on the way home I was going through a village and came round the corner to a herd of sheep, hundreds of the buggers. Would not move for me. I tried the honking and driving at them but no go. They obvs knew I was a tourist. A well beat-about pick-up truck comes along, slows down but doesn’t stop and bangs into the first few – gently – then it was as if Moses himself had parted the sea of sheep. I dived in behind before the waves of wool closed up again.
It was supposed to be 10 degrees cooler today but on two occasions I had to resort to pouring water on my head, for I be cookin’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Trio of Petras that the beach is named after. I think those parasols are trying to escape. They are sick of drunken English tourists pole dancing on them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A better shot now that I’m closer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back down the beach from the top. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’ve got to get around that headland to Agia Pavlos and hopefully a shady Taverna and some coffee and water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking back to Little Triopetra beach and the Taverna that I hope to have lunch in when I’m back this way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I think I can manage it most of the way on the beaches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very strange rock. It’s like a dinosaur skull that still has its tongue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another river to cross and while I enjoy these, the bloody sand gets into my boots and is irritating after a bit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Apparently, the only way off this beach is a eighty metre high dune. This lot look to have come down it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There it is and what a struggle it was. You slip back two out of three steps because the sand is so soft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out on the last headland. Just need to go down to the beach at Agia Pavlos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ah! The crushed Wall’s Viennetta rocks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bring on the beach taverna and shade.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Well, here’s a thing. I have decided to take a route through the mountains instead of returning on the beach. Did I regret it. Yes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It is surprisingly green. But the breeze I was expecting up high. Nah!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There are nice trails over those mountains but not for me. It is getting very hot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now, how in the hell are the old wizened yia-yias supposed to get up there for Sunday mass?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A little hawk just hanging stationary in the updraft.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’ve stampeded the sheeps.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Finally back to the coast and it is hot hot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not at all dangerous arty flourishes to the wall there, mate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The outermost Petra. I think it is a grumpy old Elvis impersonator sitting in an armchair looking out to sea. That Buffon must take some Bryll Cream. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back to the beach. Hot and hungry ‘cos the taverna was closed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I tell myself, stick to the plan this time. And do I? Do I fuck! Extra miles, extra hot. Not the best with this sort of UV. Still, another small adventure.
Really struggled up that dune and felt it for a good bit after. The guide said to go the other way, from Agia Pavlos to Triopetra but did I listen? See above answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Triopetra beach loop via Agia Pavlos – 24th April 2024 Over the mountains again today. However, the road down to the coast wasn’t too bad and I never even met another car going or coming. Had a terrifying moment with a big dumper truck carrying gravel. He came up behind and just pulled out to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3891,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3905","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4050,"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3905\/revisions\/4050"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/picton-lynas.co.uk\/walkingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}