Anyway, I found my back to the main track and once again headed downhill. There were numerous other side tracks after this one, all leading to the right. Each of them led to dead ends though. At the dead ends there were parking areas, and lots of discarded shotgun cartridges and associated rubbish. So I can only presume the tracks are made for the benefit of hunters. You would think, given that the Forestry Department go to such trouble to accommodate the hunters, that they would clear up after themselves. But noooooo.

Anyway, after a while I arrived at this sign. It says the road ahead is closed. The right turn was yet another dead end though, and the Road Closed sign looked very old, so I thought I would chance my luck.

There are signs of another small building here. I wonder what it was?

I walked beyond the ruins, but all I could see ahead of me was more forest. Hard to believe that Peyia is just around the corner.

There was nothing wrong with the state of the road, and there were plenty of fresh tyre tracks. I think at some point they had put a gate here though. You can just see a pillar in the centre of the picture. I imagine there was a barrier spanning the track at this point, for some reason.

Now the next junction we encountered was a bit more interesting. The main track went to the right, which was to our liking. However, the left hand track wasn't a dead end. It crossed a smaller gorge and headed off towards Peyia. I had no intention of going that way, for a reason that will become clear. In fact, I left the car here and followed the left-hand track on foot.