Member Since: 20 Sep 2008
Location: Manchester
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Short excursion around Athens, Greece
Probably a very long shot but here goes...
Would anyone on the forum be interested in getting together for a short daytrip around Parnitha (a mountain about 40mins drive from Athens centre) sometime in late February?
Parnitha used to be one of the few remaining green lungs of the capital, which was sadly almost completely burnt to to the ground during the big blazes of 2008...
Apart from a chance to do some off-roading, we could use the opportunity to document what reforestation efforts have been done at what areas and maybe get through the bureaucracy and get a spot allocated to later do some of our own ( those who know the Greek system will understand my reaction as I write this).
Let me know.
Cheers.
Biz
26th Jan 2010 8:22 pm
roamingman
Member Since: 25 Jun 2008
Location: aberdeenshire
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Sounds good bit far to come just for one day trip convoy For Heroes record holder (348)
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26th Jan 2010 8:46 pm
discoBizz
Member Since: 20 Sep 2008
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1416
Oh, come on, just under 2000 miles, 22 hours on the ferry from Ancona, Italy, cost you about £1,200, times two for your return and you'll pass?
Cheers for the though...
26th Jan 2010 9:02 pm
DimitS
Member Since: 25 Jan 2010
Location: Athens
Posts: 3
Re: Short excursion around Athens, Greece
No a bad idea. Lets look for some more D3 owners from Greece to join
DimitS
26th Jan 2010 10:36 pm
discoBizz
Member Since: 20 Sep 2008
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1416
Cheers Dimit(ri)S
Not too many from our neck of the woods on here, certainly not too active IIRC...
One or two I could get hold of, would be a shame to have more Jeeps and Pajeros than D3s!!!
Would be 8) if we could get through to plant some of our own, this is how the place looks for the most part:
...and this is how it was (and tiny specs of it left like this):
(no, I promise it's not the Alps, it's truly a scene from 25km outside Athens, Greece )
26th Jan 2010 11:17 pm
desmo
Member Since: 16 Mar 2009
Location: Athens
Posts: 19
hi guys
one more D3 owner here. any idea of the date for the ride?
5th Feb 2010 10:42 pm
diamond
Member Since: 17 Jan 2009
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Posts: 49
Nice choice Biz. Parnitha mountain was one of the most beautiful places around Athens but we Greeks don't pay the necessary attention to our forests.
I wish I was there to join you.
6th Feb 2010 10:18 am
discoBizz
Member Since: 20 Sep 2008
Location: Manchester
Posts: 1416
Hey diamond, long time no see... Guess you're over at the RR forum more now with your new toy
any plans to come down with it any time soon?
I'll try and upload the track from the previous trip (viewable in Google Earth) which was around 117 km IIRC, to get an idea of what we could do. Not sure about dates yet, but I count desmo and DimitS so far...
More soon
7th Feb 2010 12:01 pm
Ollram
Member Since: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gortynia
Posts: 605
chaps
for any coming trips im in! (try also www.landroverworld.gr) there are more D3 owners there
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bit far to come just for one day trip 
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