North Corfu Van Trip.

 I used to enjoy taking people on trips around Corfu, my particular favourite was the Mountain - the highest point on Corfu called Padokratoras which is 905 meters in elevation.

Usually I would encourage people to hire a bike, normally a DT 125 or something of the same ilk due to the hard terrain we would be covering but sometimes when I had a family to guide I used my trusty Transit so we could all make the trip in relative safety and comfort.

The downside of this meant that we had to take the easy route up which was mainly 'Made' roads which weren't as much fun as the 'Unmade' tracks consisting of a boulder surface which is certainly not the the inexperienced rider.

We had to set aside a whole day for this trip but it was well worth it for everybody I had taken to the top. Once you get to the foot of the mountain you are faced with a Martian type landscape made up of volcanic rocks, the air gets clean and fresh very quickly and if the sun is out (which it usually is) you are guaranteed to get a good tan or severely burned unless you take obvious precautions.

There is an abandoned village on the way up called Perithia, there are some people living there of course - there are a few Tavernas where you can take a rest and fuel up on beer and food should you wish.

Unfortunately more and more people are moving back into Perithia which spoils the atmosphere somewhat. I would strongly urge anybody to visit this village soon before it becomes like Sidari has in recent years and become commercialised thus losing it's former charm.

Here's a video of a trip made in the van:

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The first day took us around Avliotes, Arilas and St George and the second day was the mountain trip.

I had to severely edit this to under 10mins so I could upload it to Youtube.