JUNE BLOG POSTINGS CONTINUED

Day 62 – Lushnje to north of Kavaje: 21.6 miles (44,844 steps)

June 24, 2011 Lushnje to north of Kavaje 21.6 miles (Total: 682.7) 44,844 (Total: 1,289,056) ‘Life isn’t worth living if there isn’t a camera around.’ Carmen Electra I was very fortunate to secure accommodation in Lushnje with a local church... posted 2:13 pm 

Day 61 – Fier to Lushnje: 19.7 miles (39,124 steps)

June 23, 2011 Fier  to Lushnje 19.7 miles (Total: 661.1) 39,124 (Total: 1,244,212) “A man saves up his roubles and is finally able to buy a car in Soviet Albania. After he pays his money the he is told he... posted June 28, 2011 5:00 pm 

Message of support from Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

10 June, 2011 Dear Lord Bates, The Secretary-General commends your dedication to the Truce as well as the commitment you have undertaken through your campaign ‘Walk for Truce’. Your initiative is significant, given the importance of... posted 3:51 pm 

Day 56 – South of Pator to Fier: 8.1 miles (16,921 steps)

June 18, 2011 South of Patos to Fier 8.1 miles (642.4) 16,921 (1,205,598) “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state... posted June 24, 2011 11:11 am 

Day 54 – Tepelene to Dames: 28.5miles (52,896 steps)

June 16, 2011 Tepelene to Dames 28.5 miles (608.7) 52,896 steps (1,149,397) “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” Ralph Waldo Emmerson The walk from Gjirokaster to Tepelene... posted June 23, 2011 5:16 pm 

Day 53 – Gjirokaster to Tepelene: 21.2 miles (40,195 steps)

June 15, 2011 Gjirokaster to Tepelene 21.2 miles (580.2) 40,195 steps (1,096,501) “He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal... posted 5:06 pm 

Day 52 – Kakavia to Gjirokaster: 19.7 miles (37,351 steps)

June 14, 2011 Kakavia to Gjirokaster 19.7 miles (Total 559 ) 37,351 steps (1,056,306) “When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing each other.”  Alan Alda My first impression on entering Albania was to be reminded what a piece of... posted June 22, 2011 1:56 pm 

Day 51 – Kitsmata (Greece) to Kikavia (Albania): 4.8 miles (9,230 steps)

June 13, 2011 Kitsmata (Greece) to Kikavia (Albania) 4.8 miles (Total 539.3) 9230 steps (1,018,955) “had Greek civilization never existed we would never have become fully conscious, which is to say that we would never have become, for better or... posted 1:35 pm 

Day 50 – Ioannina: Campaign catch up day

June 12, 2011 “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed. It is the only thing that ever has.” –Margaret Mead Men (especially this man) have never been good at multi-tasking. This walk... posted June 21, 2011 10:19 pm 

Day 49 – Kalpaki to Kitsmata: 11 miles (22,132 steps)

June 11, 2011 South of Kalpaki to Kitsmata 11 miles (Total 534.5)  22,132 steps (1,008,725) “Show me the money!”  Tom Cruise in the movie ‘Jerry Maguire’ This was a landmark day—I took my millionth step on the ‘Walk for Truce’... posted 9:25 pm 

Day 47 – Asfaka to Kalpaki: 10 miles (986,593 steps)

June 9, 2011 Asfaka to just south of Kalpaki 10 miles (Total 523.5) 20,136 steps (Total 986,593) “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has... posted June 20, 2011 9:46 pm 

Day 44 – Amifthea to Asfaka via Ioannina: 12.4 miles (24,626 steps)

June 6, 2011: 12.4 miles (Total 513.5)  24,626 steps (Total 966,457) “A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the... posted 4:57 pm 

Time to give the Greeks their ‘Marbles’ back…..

The Acropolis and the Parthenon are to Athens and the Greeks what Nelson’s Column and Big Ben are to London and to the British. They are more than monuments; they are statements of what it means to be Greek. So,... posted June 13, 2011 8:33 pm 

Reflections on the first 500 miles of the Walk for Truce

“Any man who has examined and human nature will agree that there is no such thing as a human heart that does not crave for joy and peace.” St. Augstine, ‘City of God’ When I set out on this walk... posted June 8, 2011 9:55 pm 

Day 43 – Ioannina to Miliotades to Amfithea

June 5, 2011 Distance: 23.75 miles (Total: 501.1 miles) Steps 47,808 (Total: 941,831) “Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.” Ralph Waldo Emmerson After a very tiring and occasionally very depressing few days, it was a... posted 12:36 pm 

Day 42 – Korydallos (Panagia) to Medsova: 21.1 miles (43,180 steps)

June 4, 2011 Distance: 21.1 miles (Total: 477.35 miles) Steps 43,180 (Total: 894,023) “Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering—and it’s all over much too soon.” Woody Allen Day 42 will surely go down as the toughest day of... posted June 6, 2011 6:06 pm 

Day 41 – Kalambaka to Meteora to Kalambaka: 4.35 miles (8,800 steps)

June 3, 2011 Kalambaka—Meteora–Kalambaka Distance: 4.35 miles (Total: 456.25 miles) Steps 8,800 (Total: 850,843) “If God had wanted us to play football in the sky, He’d have put grass up there.” Brian Clough, legendary British football manager Remember my ‘frying... posted 5:41 pm 

Day 40 – Kalambaka to Korydallow: 20.7 miles (43,180 very hot steps)

June 2, 2011 Distance: 20.7 miles (Total: 451.9 miles) Steps 43,180 (Total: 842,043) Hitherto I have never quite understood the term ‘out of the frying pan—into the fire’. The reason is that in one you end up fried and the... posted 3:04 pm

Day 39 – Trikala to Kalambaka: 18.1 miles (32,960 steps)

June 1, 2011 Distance: 18.1 miles (Total: 431.2 miles) Steps 32,960 (Total: 798,863) Today I got quite depressed as I wrestled with the intense heat on the Thessaly plains with my backpack on and just a long straight road 17... posted June 5, 2011 8:36 pm