Rock-strewn surface
Two ideas were imprinted on my mind in Leigh Fermor's description of the Mani landscape - unremitting heat and unforgiving...
Bread and coins
This intriguing picnic caught my eye, in particular the honey-water soaked barley bread.
"... straight to Pluto's palace. But don't...
Green-leaf song
What could be sweeter to the ear than a 'green-leaf song'?  Leigh Fermor hears it parting company with an old...
Books lost and gained
In Leigh Fermor's enchanting walk across Europe, he find islands of great hospitality where he can rest and recuperate from...
Black-frogged livery
Of several unbelievable sojourns Leigh Fermor enjoyed in anciently aristocratic homes dotted across central Europe, this may top the lot. ...
Yataghan-wielding chieftains
At least when Leigh Fermor first travelled to Mani in the Peloponnese, its inhabitants had a fearsome reputation among Greeks,...
Wide-skied and many-belfried
A lovely description of Suffolk, which I have seen echoed in the wide-skied landscapes of Norfolk. This was one of...
Barefoot erudition
Patrick Leigh Fermor wore his vast learning lightly, as real scholars often do. Here he more than meets his match...
Pepper-pot turrets
The description of these towers and turrets in the village of Kardamyli, which are a match for the mine's-bigger-than-yours competition...
A writer’s reading room
During Easter in Aosta, I started reading a favourite writer, Patrick Leigh Fermor, beginning a two-volume treat, Mani and Roumeli. ...
Can’t bear the noise
I don't blame them either. A delightful recollection of a sensible ursine response to the outrage of war in their...
Caique-dwelling tom
Leigh Fermor's Mani has a fine selection of memorable cats. I liked this description of the limited gene pools of...
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