Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
Adventures and information on the Spanish Pyrenees
We've been able to get out and excercise over the last couple of weeks after a very strict lockdown here in Spain. I've been taking advantage, getting out on the bike with the dogs a lot and preparing a vegetable garden in our field. Everything is so green at the moment and the spring flowers have burst into life in the fields around Biescas. I've spotted my first orchids of the season -...
We all know that the flowers here in the Pyrenees are spectacular, particularly during June. With this in mind along with knowing that many of our guests love combining hiking with the study of the all the beautiful flowers here, we decided a flower specific Lakes and...
Rarely seen but never far away whilst out hiking are the wild boar or as the locals would call them -'Jabali'. Much to my delight at the beginning of September this year I had a guiding 'first' whilst hiking with Tom, George, Clare and Cynthia high above the Ordesa...
Rosie living on the French side of the Pyrenees near Canigou wrote to us recently with a snake identification question. She'd found one in her house and managed to get this picture! It's a little bit difficult to identify it without seeing its head but we think it's a...
I found an orchid that I'd not seen before earlier this week - an Autumn Lady's Tresses (Spiranthes Spiralis). It's a short orchid (around 15 cm) with tiny flowers (only around 6mm) that spiral around the stem in a very attractive way. It's not in my Pyrenees flower...
I 'm hiking in Navarra with Javier for a few days checking routes for our Western Pyrenees holiday. Today we hiked up the peak of Ori which is the first 2000m peak of the Pyrenees. we had superb views across the Pyrenees range. The flora was superb with fields...
Ian a regular reader of the blog recently sent me a couple of photos of some snakes he'd seen on the French side of the Pyrenees to identify. He'd found a lovely example of a green whipsnake. It's a long thin snake which can rach up to 2 metres but is usually quite a...
Snows melting in the Pyrenees and I was out hiking today in the Valle de Tena with a friend Gustavo. We chose the peak of Cochata which sits in the middle of the valley with great views in all directions. Although not high it's quite a rocky peak and looks as if it's...
A great new viewpoint has been constructed above Panticosa which has allowed us to add a new option on day 3 of our Village to Village walking holiday. Cucuraza (1758m) sits high above Panticosa and gives fantastic views down onto the village and across the southern...
This week we ran our second Valle de Tena Explorer of the season which is a new dual level week for this year. Every day there were two different levels of walks to choose from. The easier walks explored the beautiful meadows and lakes of the valley whilst the higher...