I’ve seen it all – though sadly I don’t have photos, so have had to link to other sites: I’ve finally seen all the animals and birds that appear on the information board along by the river in the village. There aren’t that many, but it’s taken me six years to get a full house:
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Tag: Gredos
“first there is a mountain”
Every time there’s a break in the storms and the clouds start to peel back from the mountains, I hear the jangle of Donovan’s lyrics in my head. 
Perhaps I should re-read some of the popular philosophy books on my shelf: they certainly provided plenty of inspiration in the Sixties.
notes for a poem
Bonfire smoke mixes with drizzle.
From beyond the olive grove,
the stink of pigs rises defiant.
Thor’s day
Like medicine that’s “everso nice when the nasty taste’s gone”, several days of torrential rain left has everywhere washed and bright and sparkling: 
I expect there will be more storms later, but I’ve tipped the spiders out of my red wellies and found my hand-knitted winter socks, so I’ll be all right.
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blue skies
I think the front page needs brightening up and I have no time to think of anything particularly witty or apt to say, so here’s a photo I took a couple of days ago down by the river for no better reason than that I liked the colours.
Hopefully, even though I’ll be travelling, I’ll find some time in the next few days to write something more here.
And because I’ll be travelling, perhaps I’ll have a few new ideas.
don't confuse the narrator 