Paphos Life

This was mentioned in another thread. We drove through there a week ago on our way to hide a geocache. We had to drive through there again yesterday to move it (the cache) because it was too close to an existing puzzle cache.

I took a couple of photos, as it is a lovely area. In due course it will get it's own blog, but for now, here is the countryside of Droushia pretending to be Dartmoor.

Certainly cloudy enough to be Dartmoor.
Certainly rocky enough to be Dartmoor.
Mysterious hole half way up a huge rock.
Cache was placed near here.

That will make a very nice blog, Dominic. Look forward to it!

In the same blog, why not carry a contrast between Droushia (a 'live' GC village with it's own hotel and glorious veiws down over Latchi and Polis), with Androlikou just down the hill?

This is probably the largest abandoned TC village in the north west of the Paphos region, full of goats, and very photogenic!

Cheers- AL

We lived in Drousea for quite a few years, that mist happens often there, and not welcome on a hot night when everything gets wet.

Al, yes we had those views from our house, and when we left, a few of the houses in Androlikou were beginning to be inhabited by people as well as goats. An elderly Cypriot guy used to pass by our house every day on his way from Androlikou into Drousea, in full Cypriot dress, boots and all, presumably to have coffee at O Stathmos Taverna.

Jackie

There is an interesting story about Androlikou, which has featured in a couple of documentaries. Hassan, a Turkish Cypriot from Androlikou, whilst working in a neighbouring village as a shepherd, met and fell in love with Charalambia, the Greek Cypriot daughter of his employer. In the late 1950's when there was tension between the communities, the President of Cyprus, Bishop Makarios became personally involved, and said "at the end of the day – ‘Mohammed won’t become richer and Christ won’t become poorer if Charalambia and Hasan are married." Hasan and Charalambia were the first Greek and Turkish Cypriot’s to be married after Cyprus gained Independence in 1960. According to the Constitution of Cyprus, prior to Independence, Orthodox Christians could not marry Muslims. They were married in the Mosque at Androlikou, and Charalambia moved into the village where she gave birth to their 4 children. In 1975 the United Nations arrived to evacuate the Turkish Cypriot villagers. but Charalambia’s family managed to rescue her, her husband and their children, and they continued to live in Androlikou with the company of one other Greek/Turkish family. She died at the age of 88, and is the only Greek Cypriot to be buried in the graveyard there. Her grave rests in the top right hand corner and is the only one marked with a cross, most of the other graves are indicated with only a stone.

They are lovely stories about Androlikou, thanks Jackie and grb! This info might entice Dom to go there for a new blog...

Interestingly, turn left in Androlikou and you have a track that takes you to Neo Chorio. Anyone else tried this? I've walked it, driven it (many times) and you are in God's country...

Cheers- AL

20 Years ago, I used to go "pill boxing" on Dartmoor.

Sounds similar to geocaching, though a compass, map and coordinates were used.

Traditionally old munitions boxes were used, but latterly any container sufficed.

You were not required to leave anything, just sign the book in the box, .....great fun, and good fresh air and exercise!

Nice one, Mark! I never knew that hobby even existed, though I used to love studying OS Maps!

Talking of maps, did you all know that the CTO tourist map for Paphos Area contains many 'deliberate' mistakes? It's a cunning plan by most map makers in order to protect their © copyright! So if anyone simply copies their work and publishes, BANG, they are done!

Cheers- AL

There are so many maps online, I cant see anyone copying a CTO tourist map.

Mark wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:34 pm 20 Years ago, I used to go "pill boxing" on Dartmoor.

Sounds similar to geocaching, though a compass, map and coordinates were used.

Traditionally old munitions boxes were used, but latterly any container sufficed.

You were not required to leave anything, just sign the book in the box, .....great fun, and good fresh air and exercise!

Pill boxing (or letterboxing, as it is also called, is it not?) was a forerunner to geocaching, though it is still going on. Indeed, some caches are also letter boxes.

I thought, with letterboxing at least, a stamp was involved too. You would get a stamp from the letterbox.

Gosh Dominic

My senility is showing......

It was letter boxing, and indeed there was a stamp!

trevnhil wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:50 pm There are so many maps online, I cant see anyone copying a CTO tourist map.

I have all modern gadgets that you can think of when it comes to geomatics and maps but yet I still cherish the CTOs map series - they have beautiful maps and I can very well think of many reasons to copy them. Have you ever seen the small scale ones - e.g. the East and West Troodos ones. Hard to beat them even if probably quite out of date.

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Mark wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:00 pm Gosh Dominic

My senility is showing......

It was letter boxing, and indeed there was a stamp!

And there was me thinking pill boxing might be a version of letter boxing with smaller containers.

Lofos-5 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 10:50 pm

trevnhil wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:50 pm There are so many maps online, I cant see anyone copying a CTO tourist map.

I have all modern gadgets that you can think of when it comes to geomatics and maps but yet I still cherish the CTOs map series - they have beautiful maps and I can very well think of many reasons to copy them. Have you ever seen the small scale ones - e.g. the East and West Troodos ones. Hard to beat them even if probably quite out of date.

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Are they Paper maps that you would have to photo copy ?

trevnhil wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:59 am Are they Paper maps that you would have to photo copy ?

Yes, or scan them.
They used to have them at the CTO offices; the Cyprus island, Paphos region and Paphos city ones I have in PDF as well - cannot remember from where though. They are decent quality and nice to look at if like me you like maps.

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One thing I miss about the UK is that you could view old maps online. You could even have a side by side view of an area, showing a 100 year old map on one side, and modern map / satellite on the other. It meant it was a lot easier researching points of interest.

Here, for instance, is an area of Pirbright Ranges with an old map on the left. The old map shows two old tramlines which are no longer there. However, the old steam engines that pulled them are.

http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by- ... ht=BingHyb