As I said, this was why the oven was so special. This is the kitchen, and can access the oven from here too. Food goes here, wood goes in the outside entrance.

Now it is just a bloody great big hole.

The sad thing is, it is easy to imagine in years to come people restoring buildings like this to show the medieval history of Cyprus off to visiting tourists. If the powers that be just protected what they have already got, they wouldn't have to restore it.

I have no idea who is responsible for the damage. I do know that cadets use the area for training exercises, but can't see what exercise would involve beating the crap out of an old oven.

Don't get me wrong. Foinikas is still a lovely place. It's just such a shame to see such unnecessary damage. The more modern buildings you can see at the rear of the picture seem pretty much untouched, though to be fair I didn't actually check them out on this visit.

I miss that oven though.

Anyway, I took part of the film from this vantage point, and am pleased to say there was little wind, so you can hear birdsong in the soundtrack. This is a nice segue to my wife, Alex, who has been busy photographing the wildlife while I was getting a sulk on about the oven.