Aghiassos er.. perhaps another day !

We had decided that on any reasonable days, weather wise, we would head out on the mean machine and visit some of the island.

Today was to be a visit to Aghiassos 27km from Mytilini. It is one of the biggest and most attractive villages in Lesvos, built amphitheatrically on the eastern slopes of Mount Olympus (No not that one!) surrounded by vast forests of pine, chestnut, olive & cherry trees. It is well known for its annual carnival and chestnut festival.

I made it to a filling station on the lower approach slopes here on an earlier outing (when I nearly ran out of fuel) and had decided to come back with Louise.

Unfortunately I took the wrong turning and we ended up going to Plomari.

So for the moment here’s a picture from a guide book, lol.

On route we stopped off at Therma at the head of Kolpos Yeras , one of the big lagoons, find out about visiting the thermal springs there at some future point,

then continued to Plomari for coffee before turning back to Mytilini.

Louise’ back was a bit stiff as Plomari is twice the distance from Mytilini a round trip of about 85 kms.

However, it helped that we had “pot stops” along the way at every !! wee village store that appeared promising – but apparently it’s almost impossible to get a bigger one with a handle on Lesvos that will replace our old ones & fit Camira’s galley.