EEK! Michael Mosley Missing in Greece

I don`t live in fear and neither do my daughters who often run or cycle in wilderness, on their own. Fear of `what if` is completely disabling to being free

karmalady

lack of phone is not at all strange we are not all joined to phones. I rarely take mine anywhere, only if going a distance in the car and only as a safety device.

Actually if walking alone it makes good sense to have your phone with you and switched on
It doesn’t mean you and it are joined at the hip but anybody can have a fall/dizzy turn or worse and even if you can’t make a call, if somebody is worried that you eg haven’t arrived home or at your destination, your position can be tracked.

“Purporting to be of him”
I hope it isn’t a publicity stunt for some sort of endurance experiment, that would be unforgivable.

There's now photos of him with with an umbrella having reached a town.

I wonder if he was already a little dehydrated when he decided to go for a walk. What is normally a not unusual thing to do on a sunny afternoon, is completely different as the temperature rises.

I really hope they find him soon . He’s one of my favourite tv doctors and I’ve got some of his books .
I’ve just come back from Crete which is popular with hikers , hiking the Gorges. In the past I’ve hiked the Samaria Gorge but did it in early May . I’d never hike in southern Greece in June . We had temperatures of 33 which is far too hot to hike .
Karmalady, I’ve been traveling to Greece since 1985 and found the Greeks to be incredibly friendly, helpful and accommodating.
My DH once went waterskiing with the car rental keys in his shorts pocket !!!
The waterski guy drove us to the car rental place , a good 20 minutes drive ti get new keys and then drove us back to our car .

karmalady

This is not far-fetched but people, who appear to be well-off are still kidnapped in greece. The country is full of migrants and traffickers, who work like mafia

The country is probably full of Greeks.

Farzanah

Glorianny

karmalady

This is not far-fetched but people, who appear to be well-off are still kidnapped in greece. The country is full of migrants and traffickers, who work like mafia

Symi isn't at all like this. It's a small island where most of the inhabitants know each other and many are related. When I was there there was an unexpected rainstorm. I was walking by myself along a road when a car stopped and offered me a lift. He'd already picked up two tourists. The driver was a cousin of the owner of the hotel I was staying in. I didn't feel at all anxious about getting into a car with him.

I can confirm what you say Glorianny. We had a lift in back of a pick up from a friendly stranger when walking from a beach one day. Lots of steep hills! There were no holidaymakers there Dec/Jan when we visited and large hotels were closed. Sadly the only migrants we saw were dead ones in body bags on key side, from sunken refugee boats.

Sadly I don't think I could do the steep hills now. A lovely amazing place but you need to be young and fit to walk far. Far too hot now as well. I was there at the end of October, warm but a bit unpredictable.

I hope he’s found alive and well, but it’s not looking good.

Some people can’t pass up an opportunity to have a dig at migrants…. even in such sad circumstances like this

Glorianny

karmalady

This is not far-fetched but people, who appear to be well-off are still kidnapped in greece. The country is full of migrants and traffickers, who work like mafia

Symi isn't at all like this. It's a small island where most of the inhabitants know each other and many are related. When I was there there was an unexpected rainstorm. I was walking by myself along a road when a car stopped and offered me a lift. He'd already picked up two tourists. The driver was a cousin of the owner of the hotel I was staying in. I didn't feel at all anxious about getting into a car with him.

I can confirm what you say Glorianny. We had a lift in back of a pick up from a friendly stranger when walking from a beach one day. Lots of steep hills! There were no holidaymakers there Dec/Jan when we visited and large hotels were closed. Sadly the only migrants we saw were dead ones in body bags on key side, from sunken refugee boats.

It was reported that he had been seen in a busy area on Wednesday so the search was concentrated there, even though they said it would be difficult to go missing in that busy spot.

Maybe the witness was mistaken and time was wasted? Now they believe he may have been walking in a quieter, more rocky, area and perhaps fallen into the sea.

I hope that isn't the case and he soon returns to his family safe and well.

People who think its odd that he left his phone need to understand that not eveyone has their phone attached to them 24/7.

shoppinggirl

This morning's news said they were bringing a sniffer dog to help in the search and if that draws a blank they'll start searching in the sea. Fingers crossed that maybe he had a fall and is found alive and well!

They have now brought the divers in as there is no sign of him on land.
Not looking good. His poor family!!!

Jaxjacky

I’m not as invested in him as some posters are but hope he’s found, perhaps he had a row with his wife and stomped off not paying attention.
Divers are now looking.

That was my thought too. I really hope not though, as she'll be feeling awful anyway, without that thought in her mind.

karmalady

This is not far-fetched but people, who appear to be well-off are still kidnapped in greece. The country is full of migrants and traffickers, who work like mafia

Symi isn't at all like this. It's a small island where most of the inhabitants know each other and many are related. When I was there there was an unexpected rainstorm. I was walking by myself along a road when a car stopped and offered me a lift. He'd already picked up two tourists. The driver was a cousin of the owner of the hotel I was staying in. I didn't feel at all anxious about getting into a car with him.

I’m not as invested in him as some posters are but hope he’s found, perhaps he had a row with his wife and stomped off not paying attention.
Divers are now looking.

Didn’t Stephen Fry go missing years ago. Think he had mental health issues and was in Belgium or France.

This is not far-fetched but people, who appear to be well-off are still kidnapped in greece. The country is full of migrants and traffickers, who work like mafia

It seems very strange that Mosley hasn't been found by now, the islanders think it is strange too. Why would an intelligent man go of on a walk in a remote area without his phone? Is he in some sort of trouble and had planned to disappear?

I always read his page in the Daily Mail and he talks so much sense. Do hope he is found alive and well very soon. His family must be out of their minds.

This morning's news said they were bringing a sniffer dog to help in the search and if that draws a blank they'll start searching in the sea. Fingers crossed that maybe he had a fall and is found alive and well!

It said that he left his phone back at the house. I wouldn't think that this is unusual. As other posters have said, we are not all tied to our phone.

However, it would have been a massive help if he had his phone as he would be able to be tracked. Unless the phone signal is very bad in the area. Looking at the images of Symi, it could be poor.

I hope he is safe and they find him soon. Him being missing has affected me far more than I expected.

When I heard he was missing I felt as if a friend were missing, not someone I know only through the media. I like his programmes and I like him. I do hope he is found - as we all do. What a terrible time for his wife and children.

I can just see him setting off all optimistic. Do really hope he is found very soon. Did he take a coast road and slip? Or fall breaking something in a remote area? Get overcome by the heat? Long enough has passed now he is clearly not OK.

If you were on the beach with friends you would not need a phone.