The note said where the key could be found.

We saw a black-veined white butterfly near the church, but otherwise very few insects were about.

We went back to the mini bus

Lizard orchid in a rainy meadow

Safflower Skipper - Pyrgus carthamii

Ophrys lutea

Sainfoin - Onobrychis viciifolia

We had a warming coffee in a caff in Aguila da Campoo.   Annette kindly  carrying some cups.   Ross and Irene refused to put up with the smoky atmosphere 

Teresa failed to find us as we were in the wrong part of town...

Following pictures taken with my snapper not under the best of conditions

Daboecia cantabrica

Picnic area by a fisherman's hut

Iris pseudacorus

French lavender surviving in the damp

Silene colorata

Erica umbellata

Lichen

Bridge over the river

We had our picnic lunch in the restaurant attached to the Santa Maria de Mave monastery.   It had a modern streamlined decor and magnificent loos.

Unclear label on some wholemeal bread with a grassy tasting additive

Monastery Church

Restaurant

Monastery

Bee-eater holes - we saw a bird leave its hole

 

We went home a bit earlier than usual to get organised