I took a last picture of arum italicum in the car park.
We set off to the new hotel in the south of the Gargano by the scenic route |
Panoramas of the woodland
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Erica arborea which
smelt wonderful
We stepped out of the dark woodland into
sunshine onto a ride where there were tree heaths and crab
apples
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Lady orchids |
Orchis purpurea |
Orchis purpurea |
Cerinthe major |
More orchis purpurea |
Calystegia sylvatica |
Bracken heart |
Ranunculus |
Orchis provincialis |
Galls |
Asplenum tricomanes on the wall round a small museum with stuffed
birds and animals of the area |
Cephalaria longifolia |
Cephalaria longifolia |
Gallium odoratum |
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Speckled wood
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Lamium |
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Lucky picnickers had reputedly had a nuthatch visit the tables,
unfortunately we did not |
Allium |
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Lovely light on the trees |
Euphorbia |
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Green lizard found by Walter under a piece of wood |
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Dactylorhiza maculata |
Good group of man orchids |
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iris pseudo pumila |
Iris lutescens on the hillside |
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We arrived at the Hotel San Michele and enjoyed the hot water and
the fitted carpets.
The dining room was a bit noisy due to irrepressible
children, however to be fair no one told them to shut up... |