We enjoyed an excellent meal at the campsite restaurant last night, the menu del noche two bottles of wine and coffee for €40 followed by 10 year old Torres and Manzanilla back at the tents before setting in for a welcome night's sleep. Although we slept well we were aware of the heavy rain most of the night following last night's thunder storm.
We opted for a relaxed morning enjoying the sun and the views of the mountains from the site. Eventually we stirred, made a pack up and set off for a drive up the Puerto de San Glorio pass to get a feel for the area. The weather was a tad mixed and we had some spells of rain but this didn't spoil the day and we experienced some dramatic cloudscapes. It was particularly impressive as we were at about 5500 feet. The highlight of the day was the flowers, especially orchids that we found: early purple, green winged, red and yellow elder flower, burnt tip, pink butterfly and tongue orchids, two species of wild narcissus, dogs tooth violet, fritillary, lythospernum, nottingham catchfly, giant ashphodel and oxslip.
Back at the site now and sadly the rain is pouring down. Still we are warm and dry and a communal meal of pork chops in white wine with rice and green beans is being prepared. Beer o'clock has, of course, arrived and the Pickwell brothers will be enjoying 10 year old Torres as a digestive before bed, the lady assistants preferring manzanilla sherry.
We opted for a relaxed morning enjoying the sun and the views of the mountains from the site. Eventually we stirred, made a pack up and set off for a drive up the Puerto de San Glorio pass to get a feel for the area. The weather was a tad mixed and we had some spells of rain but this didn't spoil the day and we experienced some dramatic cloudscapes. It was particularly impressive as we were at about 5500 feet. The highlight of the day was the flowers, especially orchids that we found: early purple, green winged, red and yellow elder flower, burnt tip, pink butterfly and tongue orchids, two species of wild narcissus, dogs tooth violet, fritillary, lythospernum, nottingham catchfly, giant ashphodel and oxslip.
Back at the site now and sadly the rain is pouring down. Still we are warm and dry and a communal meal of pork chops in white wine with rice and green beans is being prepared. Beer o'clock has, of course, arrived and the Pickwell brothers will be enjoying 10 year old Torres as a digestive before bed, the lady assistants preferring manzanilla sherry.
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