Sounio
Temple of Poseidon
(South-East of Athens)

Run 1675 (Sunday 10th January 2010)

Hare: Prickly Bush

Photographer: Mad Dog

 

NOTE: Use the horizontal scroll bar (bottom of screen) to view the panoramic photos.

- T H E     T R A I L -

The lat/lon coordinates of the starting point & circle: 37°39'7.08"N, 24° 1'35.62"E     

Altitude: 32 metres above sea level

Initial air temperature (19.00 hrs) = 16 deg.C

Trail cartographic Length = 9.1 km

Trail from 5.7 km up

 

Trail from 20 km up

 

- T H E     R U N -

Heading down to the beach

 

Trying to avoid the spray & waves

 

The walkers on the beach

 

Looking back at the Temple of Poseidon

 

A Southerly wind brings in the waves

 

On Up into the rocky hills

 

Hunting forbidden (Forestry Department of Lavrio)

 

Panoramic view showing old mining discard heaps

 

A vertical mine shaft fenced-off on the hillside

 

View down the mine shaft

 

Panoramic view showing more past mining activity

 

Another Panoramic view looking out to sea

 

OnOn!

 

Enjoying the view from the peak of a hill

 

View from the peak

 

Beautiful Panoramic view looking out to sea and towards the Temple of Poseidon

 

Coming round the mountain

 

Old mine manager's building

 

The hotel & beach below the Temple

 

- T H E     T A V E R N A -

Location: 37°40'13.80"N, 24° 2'35.91"E

 

The Taverna location

 

The Isabella Taverna (about 3 km from the Temple towards Lavrio)

 

Outside the Taverna

 

The fireplace

 

Music instrument collection

 

Aviary with singing birds

 

The hashers after eating their meal
Note the ornate fireplace.

 

Note the strange knife collection. Is that a dog skin?

 

Almost finished. Then came the Youghurt with quince and grape preserves

 

Doggie Style samples the taverna's Tsipoura
(a strong spirit made from distilling fermented grape skins)

 

The Isabella menu and our order

 

DIRECTIONS TO THE RUN

 

 

 

 

 

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

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