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2005-07-30 - 6:16 p.m.

R�d�ng around �n the back of a Landrover today - �n the mounta�n range that separates the Xanthos valley from the Med�terranean.

There �s a long-d�stance path that goes from where the roads below Felth�ye peter out all the way to Antalya. Started �n 1999 and chr�stened the Lyc�an Way - the path takes at least 5 weeks to do. We met th�s path h�gh �n the mounta�ns at an anc�ent c�ty of S�dyma. The rel�cs from the c�ty have been �ncorporated �nto the v�llage wh�ch �s now on the s�te and �ndeed the s�te hasn't been properly excavated yet.

The anc�ent market place or agora �s st�ll v�s�ble and that was where the dr�ver parked the 4by4. Then we went to have a look at the necropol�s - wh�ch has one very f�ne Lyc�an house tomb and some qu�te large Roman ones - one of wh�ch �s two storeys. Then I looked for the bas�l�ca but d�dnt really pursuade myself that any of the p�les of stones �n the f�eld w�th the goats was def�n�tely �t.

We drove west from Syd�ma and f�nally emerged very h�gh above the Med�terranean - maybe 2000 feet or more - near to a v�llage where we lunched �n one of the v�llagers house. The grandmother of the house was weav�ng woolen bra�d us�ng a techn�que no one had ever seen before - not even the gu�de.

From there we drove back down �nto the Xanthos valley for the gorge exper�ence. As we had already done th�s and surv�ved Yvonne V�ta and I had tea �n a cafe made of platforms suspended over the Sal�kent R�ver dangl�ng our feet �n the �cey water.

I am gett�ng a taste for sage tea - so much so that I bought a bundle for 45p �n the market yesterday. It seems you just st�ck a tw�g of dr�ed sage �n a cup or glass and pour bo�l�ng water on �t.

Yesterday V�ta d�ved down to a depth of 100 feet - her current record - and th�s wore her out for the even�ng. Ton�ght after a day �n the Landrover she plans more clubb�ng w�th some of the Farnham g�rls.

I have dec�ded I l�ke the sketch I d�d a Tlos - hav�ng worked �t up. Today I d�dn,t sketch at all but messed around tak�ng v�deo from the 4by4.

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