Why writer HARRY MOUNT is dreaming of Kardamyli in Greece
Advertisement Let’s start with a challenge — I’m trying to swim round Africa. Well actually, it’s a tiny Greek island in the shape of Africa, called Merope. I’m swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and the little town of Kardamyli in the Mani area of the underrated Peloponnese peninsula. The sea ahead is sunlit turquoise. Behind me, in the shadows cast by the cypress trees, it’s royal blue. The Daily Mail's Harry Mount recalls swimming across the 100-yard channel between Merope and the little town of Kardamyli (above) Last night, when I had a dip after the ha...