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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
13. September 2026 um 05:01
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
10. September 2026 um 04:56
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
8. September 2026 um 05:07
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
6. September 2026 um 06:24
The Descent and the Twenty-Seven Bends
The way down lay in full view and told us almost nothing. It was only a pale thread scratched across the limestone, appearing on one shoulder of the mountain and vanishing behind the next. Far below, the Frangokastello plain spread beside the Libyan Sea, green and geometrical where the high…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
3. September 2026 um 04:54
The Wells at Kefalas
There are places I have ridden through so many times that I have stopped really looking at them. Kefalas is one of them.
On this morning's ride I stopped in the village square beside the church, where a small group of old wells sits among the stone paving and trees.…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
1. September 2026 um 04:59
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
30. August 2026 um 04:55
Reading the Landscape - Part 4: Phrygana
The Cretan Landscape in Summer
The previous rides in Reading the Landscape had taken me to the salt pans beside the sea, into the limestone country of Apokoronas, and then to water — or, more accurately, to the evidence left by water in a landscape which for much of the…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
11. August 2026 um 05:04
Reading the Landscape - Part 3: Water
Reading a Dry Watercourse in the Limestone of Apokoronas
The first two rides in Reading the Landscape began with things that were immediately visible.
The salt pans were cut into the coastal rock beside the sea. Stone was everywhere across the limestone country of Apokoronas.
Today was different.
The subject…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
9. August 2026 um 04:58
Reading the Landscape - Part 2: Stone
Limestone and the Karst Landscape of Apokoronas
The first ride in Reading the Landscape took me down to the coast and the salt pans cut into the rock beside the sea. Today the route went in the opposite direction, away from the coast and into the broken limestone country of…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
6. August 2026 um 05:29
Reading the Landscape — Part 1: The Salt Pans
The landscape itself can preserve the memory of an industry long after the buildings, tools and people have disappeared.
The ride began, as so many do, in Kokkino Chorio, following familiar roads across the Apokoronas before descending towards the coast. The morning was warm but clear, with excellent visibility across…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
4. August 2026 um 04:59
Objects Along the Way — Part 10: The Shepherd’s Hut
A small dry-stone shelter within Roupakias Forest preserves the practical knowledge of those who once worked and moved through this landscape.
Some objects stand openly beside the road. Others must be found. The shepherd’s hut lies within Roupakias Forest, the wooded area included in local walking route guides known as…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
2. August 2026 um 04:28
Objects Along the Way – Part 9: The Minoan Tholos Tomb
Riding Through Time ......
Today's circular ride began and ended in Kokkino Chorio, covering 51.7 kilometres with 980 metres of climbing through the varied landscapes of Apokoronas. The ride took 4 hours 8 minutes overall, including stops for exploration and photography, with 3 hours 6 minutes of riding time. The…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
30. Juli 2026 um 05:23
Objects Along the Way – Part 8: The Irrigation Manifold
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water."
— W. H. Auden
Water has always determined where people live, what they grow and, ultimately, whether communities survive. On an island where long, dry summers are the norm rather than the exception, every spring, stream and well has shaped the…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
26. Juli 2026 um 04:24
Objects Along the Way – Part 7: The Threshing Circle
"The gods keep hidden from men the means of life."
— Hesiod, Works and Days
Every landscape has its places of work.
Some are obvious: the harbour, the quarry, the olive mill. Others survive so quietly that they are almost invisible. Hidden beneath the shade of old cypress trees, enclosed…
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Alan McWilliams war mit dem Mountainbike unterwegs
19. Juli 2026 um 04:27
Objects Along the Way – Part 6: The Underpass
Long before the national road existed, people crossed this landscape. The underpass simply allows them to continue.
"Eyes are more exact witnesses than ears."
— Herodotus, The Histories, Book I
Most people pass beneath this concrete structure without a second thought. Drivers travelling along the Northern Road Axis of Crete…
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