Sunday, April 5, 2026

Invaluable for the health of Eleios Pronnoi: The “Dancing for Defibrillators” event by the group “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”!


 
























I would like to inform you all — especially those who may not have been aware — that the British residents of our island, together with Greeks, Dutch, and French members of the “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” association, continued their selfless acts of kindness and generosity towards our Kefalonia by organising yet another outstanding charitable event.

On Saturday, 4 April 2026, they organised the all-day event titled “Dancing for Defibrillators” or “10 Hours – 10 Villages – 100 Dances”, held in memory of the British lady Maureen Gage.

The members of the group danced continuously while collecting donations for this worthy cause as they passed through 10 villages in our area:  Chionata, Mavrata, Valeriano, Katelios, Markopoulo, Ratzakli, Kapandriti, Tzannata, Poros Square, and Skala.

During their stop in Poros, the President of the Poros Community, Odysseas Galiatsatos, and the President of the Poros Cultural Association “O Pronisos” Aspasia Seriatou, together with local businesswoman Athina Salamoura, joined the British dancers and danced with them!

The group paused for food and drinks with friends of the “Wildflowers and Wild Horses” association at the "Morning Star" restaurant in Katelios, accompanied by the wonderful music of Harrison Grice.

The grand finale took place at bar Loco, with the fantastic live sounds of musicians Angelos Andreatos and Giorgos Kremmydas!

Finally, we must all extend our warmest congratulations to our friends and to everyone who contributed to the great success of this important event. Its goal was to raise funds so that a life-saving defibrillator (AED) can be installed in each of the villages of the Eleios Pronnoi area.

Spiros Kagadis

https://youtu.be/vHkk85wNMsQ?feature=shared


Πολύτιμη για την υγεία των Ελειού Πρόννων υπήρξε η εκδήλωση "Χορεύουμε για Απινιδωτές" των "Wildflowers and Wild Horses"!


 
























Θα ήθελα να σας ενημερώσω, ειδικά όσους δεν το γνώριζαν, πως οι Βρετανοί (μαζί με Έλληνες, Ολλανδούς και Γάλλους) κάτοικοι του νησιού μας του συλλόγου "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" σε συνέχεια των ανιδιοτελών πράξεων ανθρωπιάς και προσφοράς στην Κεφαλονιά μας προέβησαν ολοήμερα το Σάββατο 4/4/2026 σε μια νέα εξαιρετική πράξη ανθρωπιάς.


Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η εκδήλωση "Χορεύουμε για Απινιδωτές" ή "10 ώρες - 10 χωριά - 100 χοροί" στη μνήμη της Βρετανίδας Maureen Gage όπου τα μέλη του συλλόγου χόρευαν μαζεύοντας δωρεές για τον φιλανθρωπικό σκοπό σε 10 χωριά της περιοχής μας (Χιονάτα, Μαυράτα, Βαλεριάνο, Κατελειό, Μαρκόπουλο, Ρατζακλί, Καπανδρίτι, Τζαννάτα, Πλατεία του Πόρου και Σκάλα.) 


Κατά το πέρασμα τους από τον Πόρο της Κεφαλονιάς μας παρευρέθηκε ο Πρόεδρος του Πόρου Οδυσσέας Γαλιατσάτος και η Πρόεδρος του Πολιτιστικού Συλλόγου του Πόρου "Ο Πρόνησος" Ασπασία Σεριάτου η οποία μαζί με την επιχειρηματία Αθηνά Σαλαμούρα συμμετείχαν στον χορό των Βρετανών!


Στάση για φαγητό και ποτό πραγματοποίησαν με τους φίλους του συλλόγου "Wildflowers and Wild Horses" στο εστιατόριο "Morning Star" στον Κατελειό με την υπέροχη μουσική του Harrison Grice!


Το φινάλε έγινε στο bar Loco της Σκάλας υπό τους φανταστικούς μουσικούς ήχους του Άγγελου Ανδρεάτου και Γιώργου Κρεμμύδα! 


Τέλος, πρέπει να δώσουμε όλοι τα θερμά συγχαρητήρια μας στους φίλους μας και σ' όλους όσους συνέβαλαν στη μεγάλη επιτυχία της σπουδαίας αυτής εκδήλωσης που σκοπό είχε να μαζέψουν χρήματα έτσι ώστε να τοποθετηθεί ένας κρίσιμος απιδινωτής σε καθένα από τα χωριά του Ελειού Πρόννων!


Σπύρος Καγκάδης 


https://youtu.be/vHkk85wNMsQ?feature=shared

Saturday, April 4, 2026

"Pilgrimage" to the HMS Perseus Submarine Memorial at Sarakinikos, Poros, Kefalonia!


 










On the occasion of the recent installation of the new informational sign at the HMS Perseus Submarine Memorial in Sarakinikos, Poros, the President of the Poros Community, Odysseas Galiatsatos, and the undersigned had the opportunity to visit this historic site of our island once again, with deep respect and emotion.


The memorial, which enjoys a privileged position overlooking the Ionian Sea, honours the memory of the 59 crew members of the British submarine HMS Perseus, which sank on 6 December 1941 after striking an Italian mine south of Kefalonia, near the area of Mavrata.


It was there that the sole survivor, the Briton John Capes, managed to escape from the sunken submarine using a submerged escape apparatus. After swimming for many hours in freezing waters, he reached the southern coast of Kefalonia exhausted, where two local fishermen found him the following morning.


Patriotic Kefalonians sheltered and cared for him at great risk to their own lives, constantly moving him from house to house to avoid capture by the Italian and German occupation forces. John Capes remained hidden on our island for approximately 18 months.


On 31 May 1943, he succeeded in escaping from Poros aboard a small fishing boat named the "Evangelistria", as part of a secret operation organised by British Intelligence. The boat carried him safely to Turkey, from where he returned to the Allied forces.


The story of John Capes and the brave solidarity shown by the people of Kefalonia constitute a deeply moving chapter in our shared history during the Second World War. It stands as a powerful example of humanity and courage that must never be forgotten.


Spiros Kagadis 


https://youtu.be/Sc6qlVxU02s?feature=shared

Invaluable for the health of Eleios Pronnoi: The “Dancing for Defibrillators” event by the group “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”!

  I would like to inform you all — especially those who may not have been aware — that the British residents of our island, together with G...