As I mentioned in an earlier post, I tracked down some images from the Greek Islands featuring beasts of burden…. The man in the third image was seen in ‘One / 11’ (posted in 2014) at a slightly different place in the Samaria Gorge. I recall seeing this man and his two donkeys, and we were just behind. I was determined to get an image or two, and ran on ahead, leaping across a stream over several stepping stones. I was quick on my feet, fit, and nimble in those days. Even so, what if I had fallen?
Somewhere in Crete
Much needed drink
Walking the Samaria Gorge
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i love these, sue –
It was great to look at them after all these years!
I remember seeing donkeys loaded like that when I was in Greece in the mid-seventies. Great memories. And now my mind is thinking of baklava dripping honey and souvlaki/gyros and yogurt with fresh figs. You devil, you!! 🙂
janet
Ah, Souvlaki! I used to love baklava, but it would be too sweet now…..
Superb takes, all of them!
Thanks! The first two are OK now as digital images, because the slid Es wear a bit underexposed!
Thanks for taking us with you on a journey through your agile adventurous youth and down Samaria Gorge, rather than memory lane. And what if you’d fallen: you didn’t!
Glad you liked this, Meg, and quite right, I did not fall!!
Having walked in Spain with a donkey especially loved this post Sue – the last shot speaks volumes for these far from dumb creatures
Pleased you like this one, Laura… are you going to show your Spanish exploits?
I wrote it up Sue with a few pics too
https://telltaletherapy.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/in-the-shadow-of-the-guadarrama/
Brilliant, thank you- I’ve just been across
That last photo is great social history
And a great shot. Trying to type on phone – sorry.
No worries!
I think they all are!
Poor guys…
Poor donkeys, I hope you mean!
I really like these, especially as the donkeys seem to be well cared-for.
Best wishes, Pete.
Hopefully they were…
Love the first one, and the image of you, leaping streams! 🙂 🙂
Ah, a long time since I could leap a stream!!
I’m glad they’re not carrying people!
Why? Plenty of them did… eg in ‘One / 9’ and ‘One / 10’