The Stupidity Of Not Buying A Proper Pair Of Walking Boots Becomes Apparent During Our First Day Of Hiking Seven Miles Through Undergrowth And Fording Mountain Streams

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I was certain before we set out that a well-worn pair of Converse trainers would suffice as footwear, but am horrified to discover that they offer neither enough grip nor support. After only one day of walking, my legs are covered in cuts and grazes.

By this stage my blisters are less of a problem than the fact that my knees no longer seem to be functioning. Blaming my inadequate footwear rather than lack of fitness, I struggle on — and soon the prospect of a lunch of Pelion sausage in peppers and Meteora guided tour aubergine and a Mythos beer has lubricated my joints.

In between these two, poor taxi service Pelion greece reading of the directions (again) causes us to accidentally climb a hill that must surely be known locally as the Greek Matterhorn. This early 19th-century building is full of telescopes, taxi Meteora to airport price books and prints, while outside you can take tea or drinks in the hotel's own treehouse. Our night is spent in the wonderfully quirky Lost Unicorn Hotel in Tsagarada.

The beaches of Agios Ioannis are beautifully clear, fronted by a succession of tavernas.
Chris, taxi from Pelion port to acropolis desperate to check the financial markets (his mobile phone is a constant feature on our walks), is delighted by the hotel wi-fi, while I provide a bit of visual contrast on the beach — a pallid interloper surrounded by bronzed Greeks. But there are compensations later.

Despite the latter, a fatal combination of overconfidence (I am seized by the delusion that I am a born explorer) and poor map-reading causes us to set off in the opposite direction to that in which we should be heading.

Narnia is the theme of our first stop: the village of Chania, near the top of Mount Pelion. The forest, piraeus bus to Pelion descending from the terrace of the Hotel Manthos, transportation in greece Meteora spreads out like a green carpet to the sea, while swallows patrol the sky above.

The travel company Macs Adventure has arranged our trip (yes, I really did just type ‘adventure holidays' into a search engine), which includes transferring our luggage between hotels and providing us with route notes for each day's walk.

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