Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Pyrenean fritillary.

Fritillaria pyrenaica found in the Ponga Mountains, with the Picos de Europa behind.

Eryngium bourgatii.

Eryngo, a member of the carrot family, as seen in the Picos de Europa.

Trametes versicolor.

Fungi on a fallen log.

Meat

Thirteen lamb carcasses ready to be cut up.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Clathrus ruber.

Just one of many strange fungi found around the farm.

Common bent.

Agrostis tenuis.

Redes national park.

Mountainous national park in the south of Asturias, part of the Cordillera Cantabrica that forms the border with León.

Arriondas flooded.

The flash floods of 16th June 2010 submerged the town of Arriondas in Asturias, northern Spain.

Pyrenean germander.

Teucrium pyrenaicum.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Stormclouds at dusk.

La Forcada, in the Sueve foothills, Asturias, Spain.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Caín de Arriba.

Hay barn in the hamlet of Caín de Arriba, on the León side of the Picos de Europa.

Rainbow over La Forcada.

Rainbow over the northern foothills of the Sueve mountain range, Asturias, Spain.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Cudillero.

The Asturian fishing village of Cudillero at dusk, the main square set out for fish suppers.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Seedhead of stinking iris.

Iris foetidissima. For more photos like these please see www.posadadelvalle.com.

Seeds of winter wild oat.

Avena ludoviciana. Another from the flora guide of Hotel Posada del Valle.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Marasmius albuscorticis

One photo that appears in the fungi section of "Farm flora guide - a celebration of biodiversity", at Posada del Valle, Asturias, Spain.

Hawkmoth in the Picos de Europa.

Hawkmoth in heather, on the way from Tielve to Sotres, Picos de Europa.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Petticoat narcissus (Narcissus bulbodicum).

Petticoat narcissus on the summit of Monte Areo, just outside Gijon.

Sunset at Cape Finisterre (Cabo Fisterre).

Sunset at the end of my Camino de Santiago, after 15 days walking from the city of Leon.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

After the fight.

Our street in Gijón, on the corner of Aquilino Hurlé and Manso, after the clash between ultras of Sporting Gijón, Sevilla, and Deportivo La Coruña, before the match on December 13th, 2009.

Ordesa Valley, Pyrenees.

Friday, February 5, 2010