Kouris Reservoir
Published 23rd of June, 2019
Fig Fun
Funny story about fig trees. When we first moved to Cyprus I had to chop one down. It was near our pool, and I was wearing swimming trunks. I was stripping leaves off the tree and every so often I would jump into the pool to cool off, and to get rid of the strange itchiness. It soon became apparent that this itchiness was due to the fig sap, and lots of tiny little blisters appeared all over my body. A chemist soon sorted me out, but I learned then never to do gardening in swimming trunks. Theses days, I wear long trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, and a really horrible jacket that I hate, but that is good at protecting me from tree sap.
Dam Fine View
I will never get tired of that pun.
We didn't stay long up the hill, and were soon back on our way.
Homing In on the Church
Anyway, back on the road again. Getting closer to the other end now. The road does wind on for a bit though.
Little Norway
Some lovely vistas of the reservoir here. We could also hear running water though.
Inflow
Indeed, all three rivers that fed the reservoir are still raging torrents. This was probably helped by the recent mountain rains. But this intrigued me, so I did some checking.
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