by Phil | May 16, 2010 | The Pyrenees
Just watched footage of the shuttle Atlantis take off which reminded me of some interesting pictures I took last summer of the space shuttle and the International Space Station orbiting above Biescas. I’d seen that they were due to pass over that evening about...
by Phil | May 13, 2010 | Fauna & Flora, Hiking in the Pyrenees, The Pyrenees
Thanks to Len, Phil, Julian, Peter, Alan and Trevor – our first guests of the summer. They walked a new village to village itinerary staying each night in different villages in the Valle de Tena. Hope you had a great week guys. Bit unseasonly cold at the...
by Phil | May 10, 2010 | Fauna & Flora, The Pyrenees
I find Blacks Nature Guides really useful. Good mix of an identification fieldguide with interesting information about each species too. Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe covers most of the species we find here in the Pyrenees although misses some of the Pyrenean...
by Phil | May 9, 2010 | Fauna & Flora, The Pyrenees
The mountains of the Valle de Tena are looking beautiful and bursting into life. Spring gentians, trumpet gentians and elder flowered orchids are covering the sunnier meadows around Ibon de Piedrafita and above the village of Sandinies. Elder flowered orchids...
by Phil | Apr 29, 2010 | Fauna & Flora, The Pyrenees
Saw this beautiful, huge moth on the pavement right outside our front door the other morning. Found out it was an Emperor moth. Really large – about 5cm across and fantastic colour around the eye spots and the bright red flashes near the wingtips. He kindly...
