Summer is over at last

Autumn has been a long time coming this year.

On the plus side it has extended the season and given work to tavernas, cafeterias and other businesses.

Now the sea has become wilder

Vrysses church

The clouds roll in over the mountains

The busy seaside places are quiet

Plakias

Almyrida

Vrysses in the early morning rain

Autumn tones

We need a lot more rain this year. Lake Kournas is at its lowest that anyone can remember

Rainbow over Georgioupolis

Wrap up warm and enjoy the winter season!

Almyrida - A long time ago…..

Following on from yesterday's visit to Kera Here are some photos of the Early Christian  Basillica at Almyrida

This photograph is courtesy of Orthodox Crete and shows the layout of the church and the patterns of its floor.

This basilica was built in the 5/6 century and has impressive mosaics

There are Greco-Roman remains on Finikia Hill up above the church and also on the little island Kargas opposite Almyrida beach

Tombs?

This doorway almost has a Minoan feel to it. An echo of the bull's horns!

There is a fence around the site - which needs repair - and although guide books say it is covered with a canopy that is certainly not the case!

Sundowners by the Seashore

It had been, unusually for Crete in August, a grey overcast day threatening rain, but warm!

We decided to take a run out and sit by the seashore for a while.

we enjoyed a drink as the sun went down

The sea was lively

Small breakers rolling in

As the sun set they got livelier!

Where we were sitting the sea started to roll in under the balcony

A slightly strange feeling

The spray was flying up and there were two surfers trying out the waves in the dim light.

The lights on the Plaka peninsula lit up as it grew darker

The sea grew wilder

Out to sea we could see lights bobbing in the waves. Buoys or fishing boats? We couldn't tell!