domingo, 5 de diciembre de 2010

A pot-pourri for Yuletide

As Xmas is coming up, I thought I'd regale you with an assortment of photos taken in Cantabria and neighbouring provinces that I haven't posted before. They're ordered roughly by seasons.

The first shows a frosty morning at the start of a walk in the south of the province



later on that day and it hadn't got much warmer



the same walk took me to one of my favourite spots: this hacienda in the middle of the woods just into the province of Burgos




Another day and a visit to some menhirs, also in the south of Cantabria. As I looked for the best angle for this photo a fox raced from the undergrowth, but too fast for me to photograph




the end of winter near the summit of a mountain called the "Ropero"





The view from the Cerredo, overlooking Castro




This time from Monte Candina, just along the coast, looking towards Laredo





Moving inland, the winding road up to the San Glorio pass, which connects Cantabria and León





Springtime in a beech wood near the Collados del Asón





An overgrown water trough near the Miera valley





A barn with a beautiful view in central Cantabria





The huts in Ostón (Asturias) have even better views nearby - Torrecerredo, the highest mountain in the Picos de Europa





From Asturias to Palencia; this is the way down from the Espigüete, one of the steepest descents I've made




looking back up from the bottom of the scree





The vega del Jascal in Asturias, where I was metres away from being trampled by an enormous bull in hot pursuit of a cow





On the Jorcaura, above Tresviso, two butterflies got caught on film





more insects on the same walk; with the Jorcaura to the left of centre, a bee in the top right hand corner





Circling vultures near the Collados del Asón - a cow had fallen into a ravine



Another angle, with the Mortillano in the background





The beginning of autumn









Later on in the same season in the Saja valley




El Pozo del Amo in the same valley




Monty in the Saja at the end of autumn this year




Season's Greetings !!

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