Kouvaras
(North-East of Athens)
Official website: http://www.koinotita-kouvara.gr/

Run 1568 (Sunday 20th January 2008)

Hare: CU Joerg & Spanish Fly

Photographer: Mad Dog

 

- T H E    T R A I L -

The starting point & circle:
Latitude 37 50' 28.68'' North
Longitude 23 59' 59.39'' East
Altitude: 134 metres above sea level

Trail cartographic Length = 5.1 km


GPS recording of the trail (as viewed 1.5 Km up)

Elevation profile of the trail


The trail from 10 Km up

 

- T H E     R U N -

A flock of sheep front-run the pack

 

The sheep are leaving the pack behind!
(Come on hashers!!)

Almost caught up

 

The sheep have split-off to their own on-in while the hashers continue on-on

 

That way!

 

Down into a dry river bed & then up

 

Seconds after this shot was taken,
Fair Cop qualified himself for the Flying Club

 

Fair Cop in the dry river bed brushes off the dirt

 

A field full of delicious grass (if you are a sheep)

 

Abandoned pine-resin collection
(the resin was used to make retsina wine)

 

Another pine tree with resin collectors
(shame they can't produce beer)


Fair Cop (RA) & Cook The Fook (GM) taking a breather & walking the trail

 


Bee Hive hazard
(the bees were venturing out on this fine day)

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

To save a photo to your disk drive:
 - Internet Explorer - Netscape Navigator - Opera -

(1) Right-click your mouse on the photo
(2) A menu appears
(3) Click on "Save Picture As" (or "Save Image")
(4) Pull-down the "Save In" menu (click the down-arrow)
(5) Double-click on a disk drive letter (to choose a drive)
(6) Double click on a directory icon (if applicable)
(7) Type in a File name of your choice for the picture
(8) Click Save

To send the photo by e-mail as an attachment:
- Outlook Express -

(1) Click the "Create Mail" button to start a new e-mail
(2) Click Insert > File Attachment
(3) Pull-down the "Look In" menu (click the down arrow)
(4) Double-click on a disk drive letter (to choose the drive)
(5) Double click on a directory icon (if applicable)
(6) Click on the photo file name to highlight it
(7) Click "Attach" to attach the photo to the e-mail

MD Feb. 2006