Reflections On Extremadura

A few weeks have passed since our busy five days in Extremadura in May and time enough for reflections and thoughts on what or where we could investigate next. We put the effort in and it was recorded that between Tuesday evening and our last day on Saturday we were out and about for forty-two and half hours with only minimal stops in a couple of bars for comfort breaks. We dined from the boot of the car and my eyes never stopped looking around except for drinking a mug of tea. We travelled 773 kilometres in viewing the area. As I have said previously we saw some wonderful countryside and enjoyed every minute of it.



There were many areas that we did not investigate. One of these was to the west of Cáceres and it would have been easy for us to travel there. We saw snow on the Sierra de Gredos and both the north and south side of this mountain range look intriguing and each side has a different terrain and therefore different habitats. North of this range there is more 'steppe countryside' which would contain some of the birds that we had already seen. The Gredos Mountains can be visited in the hotter months of June and July because of their altitude and that does open the window of opportunity wider for a worthwhile visit. If only we could?

Here are some of the photographs taken on an Android Smart Phone by Michelle.

Gredos Mountains