We heard a commotion coming from next door this morning. It turned out that old Pierre had just bludgeoned a snake which was about to crawl under his caravan. It was on display for all to see at the entrance to his pitch - a tiny(dead!) grass snake.
Today & yesterday have been mixed weatherwise, much more like the UK!
On Sunday we went for an excellent walk up a "rambla", a dry river bed. This is a huge one being used as a dirt road except where the road deviates to avoid rocky stretches. The first few miles was through a gorge with high mountains on both sides and containing a profusion of plants and wildlife. We saw several sorts of rock rose and lavender, rosemary, curry plant, fennel, shamrock, genista. broom, margerite, and others. Birdwise, there were serrins, black wheatyear, sardinian warbler, crested lark,goldfinch as well as the ususal blackbirds, robbins, sparrows etc. Also saw many unidentified butterflies. We picnicked at the edge of an almond grove. The whole walk took nearly 5 hours and was most interesting.
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