Olives
For
centuries there have been extensive olive groves around
Koumeika, Skoureika and Neohori. Now harvesting is sporadic
due to lack of availabilty of local people to do the work
of olive collection. The steam-powered olive press beside
the Koumeika-Skoureika road lies derelict
Olive
press on Koumeika-Skoureika road: exterior and
interior
There remains the opportunity of excellent sources for
local high qualitry olive oil production in the Amfilissos
Area. Harvesting Olives is intensive winter work, which is
an arduous task for the sparse population of permanent
inhabitants of the Amfilissos Area.
However, this task could prove to be attractive part-time
recreational work for visitors working alongside permanent
inhabitants, particularly when the ‘visitors’ are
international creative industries professionals spending
the wintertime in the Amfilissos area, where such activity
can balance the externally-paid creative work that
comprises their “main jobs”.
The
Neochori trail joins the Skoureika-Koumeika road beside the
ruined olive press
Olive
groves lining the Skoureika – Pefkos road
