May 

Some of us had aching thighs after yesterday's exertions, so we were glad that today was not so challenging.   We did part of Peter's walk around the Pinnacles of Aguero.   We saw Griffon vultures.

Bitumaria bituminosa

Chicory

Euphorbia characias

Pallenis spinosa

Pinnacles of Aguero

Convolvulus cantabrica

Wide angle lens, the rocks don't lean!!

Rhamnus alaternus

Tragopogon pratensis

Down the valley

Natural rock garden

Jasminum fruticans unfortunately not scented

Cave

Ceterach officinarum

From a notice

Colours in the rock

Dianthus hispanicus

Derelict house

Poppy and grasshopper

Antirrhinum majus

Granulated wormcasts

Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. canum

The Passenger Moth

For Matt

At this point I realized that I was on spot metering;  nothing wrong with that if one is aware and compensates...

Limodorum abortivum

Olive orchard

Poppies

Beautiful flax again

Scabious

Anchusa azurea

Lonicera implexa

Vincetoxicum nigrum

Glow-worm nymph

Cistus albidus

Scabiosa like crenata, but wrong location

Dorycnium hirsutum

Very large flowered rose

Wall

Ophrys apifera

Honeysuckle

Epipactis heleborine

Cephalanthera damasonium

Orobanche purpurea -Broomrape

Zgaena lavanduli - Burnet

Marsh Fritillary

Southern Speckled Wood

Castles in Spain

Castles in Spain 2

Across the roofs of the town to the church

Modern door

We sat in a café in Murillo de Gallego opposite the church and enjoyed a cup of coffee and a Magnum.   We went home via Castillo de Loarre

Castle Loarre

Saponaria oxymoides

Battlements

Lathyrus cicera

Sideritis hirsuta

Alpine chough

Plants on the walls

Saxifraga fragilis

Patterns on a bench

'Wolf' Wood

Althaea hirsuta

Adonis aestivalis