Another
excellent day made even more special by the fact that our son Thomas and his
friend James have joined us for a couple of days. They began their trip in May in the Picos de
Europa Mountains of northern Spain as part of their Outdoor Studies degree and
have since travelled through the Spanish and French Pyrenees, the Mediterranean
coast and are on their way to the Alps.
The weather has been excellent again today; we are beginning to expect
it. We have been down the Borne Valley
and walked up to the Col de Preyer via the Sucettes de Borne. Sucettes translates as lollipops and they are
well named. Formed from horizontal beds
of limestone that were folded to vertical during earth movements. Erosion has since worn away the softer
material between to leave huge vertical wedges of rock reminiscent of
lollipops. Flowers were again
spectacular. We found another ladies
slipper orchid among others and the hay meadows were a riot of colour. Butterflies were plentiful but not always
easy to either photograph or identify.
Not long after our return to the site Thomas and James arrived in their
white van full of road and mountain bikes camping and climbing gear. We enjoyed an excellent pizza meal at the
campsite snack bar.
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| Bird's nest orchid |
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| Bird's nest orchid |
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| Bird's nest orchid |
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| Ladies Slipper Orchid |
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| Ladies Slipper Orchid |
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| Ladies Slipper Orchid |
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| Spritzlel's Orchid |
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| Chequered Skipper |
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| Fritillary - possible Pearl Bordered |
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| Narrow Leaved Helleborine |
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| Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
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| Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
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| Lesser Butterfly Orchid |
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| Aquilegia |
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| Fritillary - possibly pearl bordered |
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| Brimstone |
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| St Bernard's Lily |
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| Argos |
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| Argos |
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| Little Blue |
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| Heath |
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| Les Suscettes |
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| Les Suscettes |
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| Les Suscettes |
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