I have done a lot research to plan my months war memorial pilgrimage to Crete. A few changes. Firstly my wife is coming with me and secondly we will arrive in the Despo Hotel, Gouves on THE NINTH SEPTEMBER now.
We seem to have got a bit confused with AMARIS and the village of AMARI. I will be visiting both but would like information of the memorial in AMARI. I am sure will be one but little detail can be found on the webs.

Rupert Chauner Brook is actually buried alone on the Greek island of Skyros. His is the only war grave there. It is in the countryside away from anywhere really. So fitting for such a man. I visitied his grave in 1991. There was only myself and a very puzzled taxi driver. To see a piper in unform was starneg to him. Later I joined the locals for a wee dram and there was an old man who insisted that he and a few others returned the following morning for a re-run of my tribute ….
Bill Jenkins
Liverpool

It seems to me that increasingly the magic of modern-day Greece can only be found in pockets here and there as an idle youth fills the seats of an exploding cafe craze that seeks to subvert all other pastimes.

In Crete, however, at a cousin’s wedding, I found a vibrant youth still in touch with traditions of yesteryear, and a well-informed sense of being a Cretan.

Thanks for movies!