Wednesday 25 June 2008

Tuesday 24th June 2008 – Asprovalta, Greece


We decided to investigate Asprovalta, a few kilometres from the campsite today and then move to the EOT (Greek Tourism) site closer to the town.

We bought a replacement basil plant for the one that was overcome by the heat whilst we were in England and also found a shop selling Phillips shavers – Jane was relieved, she didn't want me to grow a beard! We also had a look around the town that is inundated with visitors from Thessaloniki at weekends and in July and August but it was quite quiet when we were there. If we had wanted a meal, we could have chosen from a huge number, all of which were empty.

The EOT campsite 'Campsite Asprovalta', is very large (ACSI shows 770 touring pitches and 140 permanent pitches) but the number of shady pictures with electricity are limited. I suspect that tented camping is very popular here and there is plenty of space for them. We found a huge pitch with two very large trees providing a lot of shade, very desirable given that the temperature is now in the early thirties. When it is as hot and humid as this, any movement results in profuse sweating especially when we are still acclimatising. This was a very good excuse to sit in the chairs and do very little except drink lots of water and lemonade. Later we walked around the site and began to realise just how big it is. Most of the permanent pitches are very large and many have vast lawns, gardens with vegetables, plumbed in outside kitchen sinks, brick barbecues and even, in one case, a large shrine. There are so many trees on the site that it still feels intimate despite its size.

It is definitely barbecue weather and we had chicken with honey and wholegrain mustard accompanied by a nice cool Greek salad.

Photos: Our pitch at Campsite Asprovalta.


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