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Blisters and first aid

Zinc oxide plaster applied directly to the skin (check first for allergy) protects against foot burn, rubbing and chafing, the skin conditions that precede blisters. Unlike moleskin, zinc oxide can be removed (with care) overnight. Most importantly, if blisters do develop, proprietary dressings such as Compeed will enable you to continue walking. On the mountain, a get-you-home aid is sheeps’ wool, as it makes resilient padding – but not next to broken skin. It is always wise to take your own knee and ankle support tubes. Include a menthol inhaler (or similar) in your first aid kit in case a thick head cold is going around, and also travel sickness and hay fever pills if you usually need these. Visit the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) website – see Appendix D for details – for information on the treatment of blisters. Also, a Tetanus inoculation is advisable since there are many rusty fences and lots of animals.

Bringing cheese down from the Madares

Litter

There is an abundance of product packaging in Greece. As recreational walkers, set an example and bring all your rubbish out of the mountains and countryside. Villagers recognise the problem – even if visiting Cretan town-dwellers apparently do not – and most villages are supplied with large rubbish trolleys. Win local approval by putting your rubbish in the village bins. Women should note that buried sanitary materials will be dug up by animals. Boat service notices ask passengers not to throw litter into the sea.