It is interesting to try and do normal things in these troubled times, BUT, the book has been copy-edited, revised, and sent off to the designer, all 128,587 words. The selection of the main photographs is nearly finished – it is a mammoth task – I was talking to Roland about Simonospetra, and he said that he had 1,188 pictures of that monastery alone!
I think that we shall emerge into a different world in a month or so – it seems hard to think that another 12,000,000 people per day will be catching aeroplanes again! Mother Earth must be enjoying the rest!
Peter
I am much looking forward to read this book. I just finished “Athos, or the mountain of the monks” by A. Riley 1887, wonderful book.
My first visit to the Holy mountain was in 1982 and it made a very deep impression on me. Last year summer, despite the excellent map by Peter Howorth I managed to get lost and after a long day walk without seeing a single soul, just before sunset I arrived at Filotheou. It was a beautiful day. Ruud Verkerk, Gouda, The Netherlands