Where's the net.....
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Fishin the Med
Thursday, 26 June 2025
Home and Away
Little things in our small world
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Fish Farms? NO
A huge protest took place against turning Poros into an industrial fishery zone . The island now has 4 fish farms breeding sea bass and sea bream. With the new zoning regulations the fish farming industry will increase 28 times bringing tons of pollution from waste food and fish faeces.
It is estimated that there will be 15 tons of organic waste dumped into the sea daily. Plus a substance called formalin which is used to prevent diseases in the fish cages and has been found to be carcogenic. 77 tons of it has already filtered into the sea surrounding the island in the last 2.5 years.
The peaceful and clean bay below us, our swimming hole in the summertime, could potentially have a fish farm plonked in the middle of it.
Thousands have turned out from the towns and islands in the Saronic Gulf where there are dozens of already established fish farms. A small number of Poros locals are employed by the Company but nothing like the number employed in the tourist business.
Poros has lived primarily on tourism for the last 60 years, or more. Over 20,000 yachts pass through the straits and tie up during the summer. Greek visitors come by road. Poros is only 2 hours from Athens, one hour on the Catamaran. We complain about the traffic jams these rich Greeks cause with their big flashy cars but they spend money and come all year round. Foreign tourists start arriving around Easter and keep holidaying till late October.
Speeches first
Sunday, 22 June 2025
WhatsUpp
WhatsUp or WhatsApp?
I've had this conversation with visitors before. I'm told it's App with an A. But we all pronounce it with a U. Penny dropped this time. There is no U in greek. A is pronounced U. So it's whatsUpp to us. OK
Thursday, 19 June 2025
More of Our Summer
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Just Summer Stuff
The yachts are packed in along the quay now |
Saturday, 14 June 2025
Evening on Poros
Photos of a summer evening