PIORNAL IN THE SNOW

On Sunday we drove to Piornal in the western part of La Vera for a walk in the snow. The road up from Garganta la Olla was closed. Perfect: we could walk up without car nuisance. We saw some lovely icicle scapes on the way up.

My old man took this photo of me so you can see how handsome I am . . .

                                                   

The roadside and wood was covered in snow, as you can see from this photo.

Halfway up a mist came down, given us some unworldly images

Truth is that hillside Pyrenean oakwood in the snow in winter is not exactly the liveliest habitat. Sepulchral silence reigned (also beautiful in its own way). We only saw Chaffinches, a few Titmice,  a couple of Nuthatches and heard one Lesser Spot Pecker. This fetching little Wren in the snow did entertain us for a few minutes.

A Wild Boar also scampered past in the snow but the photo came out blurry. Better luck next time maybe.