Plans under way for the Community Garden

Mar 03, 2017

Today we locked ourselves in the van, got the table out (a rare event) and made ourselves a proper little office, to put the finishing touches to our plans for a community garden here at Oinofyta. As you can see Niaomh is very excited about the project... The idea is to turn part of the area around the warehouse into a beautiful community garden, where people can socialize and hangout, in what is at the moment a pretty bleak setting. As I mentioned previously it feels at the moment in the

Oinofyta Community Workshop

Feb 17, 2017

As well as doing general maintenance jobs around the camp, usually with one or two of the Afghan blokes who pop round each day to see what needs doing, I have been putting together a workshop space inside an old shipping container for residents of Oinofyta camp to use to practice and learn carpentry skills. It is still very much a work in process, neither the Afghans nor the Greeks are known for their haste... so the combination of the two has forced me to learn a little patience. This was

Oinofyta camp

Jan 19, 2017

It seemed strange to think that our journey along precarious sea cliffs, through rolling green valleys and over mountain passes culminated in a dirty grey industrial estate just off a very non-descript section of the A17 motorway... but such is the location of the Oinofyta camp. We will be here for the next 3 months at least, so better start looking for the beauty a little deeper below the surface... I am mainly working towards setting up a useable workshop/carpentry space and tool libary

The Journey Down

Jan 17, 2017

We finally left cold, rainy England with smug grins on our faces setting sail for a couple of glorious weeks of winter sun before we started work at the Oinofyta camp. A few days later we were snowed in on the side of a mountain waiting for the sun and our own urine to melt the ice enough to get out... but I get ahead of myself. For the first part of the journey we were joined by my old mate Sam who was on his way to see his new lady in Marseille. This worked out excellently as he was just as