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The Gargano

Friday 26th April

The pins represent locations over the whole holiday click on the map to enlarge it

 

I took a last picture of arum italicum in the car park.

We set off to the new hotel in the south of the Gargano by the scenic route

Panoramas of the woodland

 

Erica arborea which smelt wonderful

 

 

     We stepped out of the dark woodland into sunshine onto a ride where there were tree heaths and crab apples

Lady orchids

Orchis purpurea

Orchis purpurea

Cerinthe major

More orchis purpurea

Calystegia sylvatica

Bracken heart

Ranunculus

Orchis provincialis

Galls

Asplenum tricomanes on the wall round a small museum with stuffed birds and animals of the area

Cephalaria longifolia

Cephalaria longifolia

Gallium odoratum

Speckled wood

Lamium

Lucky picnickers had reputedly had a nuthatch visit the tables, unfortunately we did not

Allium

Lovely light on the trees

Euphorbia

Green lizard found by Walter under a piece of wood

Dactylorhiza maculata

Good group of man orchids

iris pseudo pumila

Iris lutescens on the hillside

We arrived at the Hotel San Michele and enjoyed the hot water and the fitted carpets.  

The dining room was a bit noisy due to irrepressible children, however to be fair no one told them to shut up...

 

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