Nature

Sunset
9 images

North western Crete is noted for its beautiful and spectacular sunsets...

Moon
3 images

Photos taken after dusk - very difficult to keep in focus with long exposures, but sometimes they come out!

Clouds & rainbows
2 images

"Some day I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me..."

Snow!
11 images

It never snows in Crete except on the mountain peaks...we all thought. But the foul European winter of 2001/2 broke the rules...snow fell on the beach in Kissamos on 4 January 2002 for the first time in living memory.

Days of gale-force winds and plummeting temperatures brought a new experience to us all. Olive trees and terraces normally baked by the sun, now covered in a strange white cold stuff. Bulldozers normally used for earth-moving cleared the snowdrifts surprisingly quickly. A new 'tradition' of decorating snowmen on cars immediately passed into folklore. The best way to view these photos is with one foot in the fridge...

Flora
12 images

From the early wild flowers to the autumnal fruits, Crete's rich and diverse flora carpet the island in colour...