Earthquake and volcano activity hit Cyprus

Sounds a bit like the end of the world but is actually quite minor. You may already have heard about dust from Icelandic volcanic activity grounding some flights to and from Cyprus and now there is news of an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale. The epicenter was in the south in the […]

Stick Insects in north Cyprus

I was walking the dog in a local forest, collecting pine cones for BBQs, when I discovered an insect much like a blade of grass. My first thoughts were that it was a stick insect but its similarity to a blade of grass made me think otherwise. It seemed happy to sit on my […]

Easter Monday in Karmi (Karaman) village, north Cyprus

The first impression I received when entering Karmi village is that I had travelled back in time to an English 1950s village. I half expected to hear the faint sound of a wireless quietly playing music from the Light programme. Perhaps the sound of Billy Cotton crying “wakey, wakey!” Instead all around me was […]