Hopes Dashed 🚧 Of Visiting Beautiful Myrtos Beach

Day 22. 31km (77999kms 7yrs)

I eagerly awaited the sun hitting the sand on gorgeous Petani beach; I’d promised myself a swim if the sun came out. But so steep were the cliffs backing the bay to the east I was dressed and packed away before the first rays of sunlight hit the sand. Next time..

As I climbed out the couple of kilometres back to the road the sea was a spectacular emerald and sapphire. With the sun out, and wind behind me I was in love with Kefalonia. All the brightly coloured wild flowers, the scampering goats, the dramatic scenery at every turn. Continuing north up the slender peninsular there was scarcely a moment I couldn’t see the sea on at least one side of me. Stopping to photograph some flowers I very nearly stepped on a snake in the grass beside the road. But fortunately he scarpered before I got a proper look at him.

North of Agkonas I was nearing the famously beautiful Myrtos beach where I planned to camp. But turning the corner I found the way closed. For about 500m around the cliff-face the road appeared to be nothing but rubble as half a dozen road working crew appeared to be widening the road. I didn’t like my chances, and it was a 50km round trip if I wanted to see this beach. Realistically I would’ve probably given up and skipped this peninsular and headed back south to the ferry from Sami. But I was in luck! Instructed to wait half an hour, I was soon directed to follow. All work stopped as I scrambled through the rubble pushing Gibbo as fast as I could to keep up. Where the route became impassable with much larger rocks, the man hopped into one of the ‘diggers’ and shifted the boulders creating a path for me! I was blown away by this kindness; never have I had a path created especially for me! And with that I was through, the sun was setting behind and beneath me as I continued along the ridge in the cliff.

And so once more I descended 250 off metres to camp this time on the astonishingly beautiful Myrtos beach. Calculating that since both Myrtos and Petani beaches face the same way, and that the wind was continuing from the east, I didn’t worry too much about sheltering myself. I just picked a flat pebble-free spot smack bang in the centre of all this beauty. And this proved to be ok, until after dark when the wind picked up and seemingly bouncing off every angle of cliff-face pummelled me from all directions.

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Good morning from the still quite chilly for tiny Beach if that Sun reaches me before I’m all packed up and ready to leave I’m going to have a swim wish this sun would hurry up I’m going to have to pack away a soaking wet

Tent I give up I’m going to pack away a slightly damp tent oh now the sun’s here not too late I’m dressed seems a great shame to be leaving now just as the sun is lighting up the beach so nicely still definitely worth it but I’ll feel better when I’m at the

Top I’m hoping the color is reflected on screen better now that the sun’s come out cuz that is astonishing that wasn’t so bad this wind is a bit of a surprise though I thought it was going to be from the southeast it seems to be bouncing from

Everywhere I’d be lucky if I don’t come off the bike today I just nearly lost it Cy what a wind absolutely gorgeous wild flowers these are irises I guess doing this way around aren’t I I run the of my lunch Blown Away hello baby oh my God snake he was just there

Right by my but I stopped to take a photo and then he disappeared into the bush there oh my golly black about 2 3 ft long where are you going Cy this doesn’t look good if I can’t get through here it’s 50 km around only 500 me how

Annoying going to let me um I just have to wait half an hour that is time um but yeah that’s a big relief cuz otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to see this whole Peninsula which gives me time to sit on a rock and contemplate life the universe and everything can’t be bad

Oh my gosh he’s literally clearing me a path wow now you are okay go straight ahead thank you so much indeed you’re too kind thank you welome wowe never in my life have Road workers cleared a path especially for me I’ve had fights with Road workers to be

Allowed to go through and I can see it’s clearly possible but that that was amazingly kind and what a relief because look at what I would have missed oh my word oh my gosh mertos beach one of the most beautiful in all of Gree just about to lose the sunlight there oh

My gosh the colors are amazing you can’t see the Colors oh it’s just so so bright twise the sand is so white maybe it’ll do better in the GoPro one sec turn the your we turn wish you could see how extraordinary this beach is it’s truly wondrous um cheers lucky me can