Well I now know where all this winter's water went.
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| The Res. |
After a week of solid decorating work Jayne and I had the afternoon off and had a drive out to the Embalse to see what the water level was like after seeing massive amounts of it flowing passed our house and through Huetor Tajar over the winter.
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| The Jets. |
Last year I said to Jayne that I did not think we would ever see the lake full again, as the winter of 2008/09 had been wet but had made little difference to the level. How wrong I was with this winter being unbelievably damp, houses have collapsed, roads washed away and many other things have been damage.
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| Italian Man Orchid (Orchis italica). |
One thing good to come of it is that the Embalses in the Provinces in the south are generally full, including Iznajar, I do not know how many billions of litres of Agua have run into the lake but it was impressive to stand on the dam and feel the ground vibrate with the power being generated by the hydroelectric station within. The jets shoot out at the river side were attracting large numbers of spectators, filling all the parking areas and the no parking areas on the dam (the Spanish stop anywhere I like lights were much in use).
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| Yellow Bee Orchid (Ophrys lutea). |
While we were there I had a look in the woodland either side of the dam for Orchid species, I found large numbers of
Italian Man (Orchis italica),
Fan-lipped (Orchis collina),
Mirror (Ophrys speculum),
Sawfly (Ophrys tenthredinifera),
Yellow Bee (Ophrys lutea) and
Giant Orchids (Himanthoglosum robertiana) all in full flower.
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| Sawfly Orchid (Ophrys tenthredinifera). |
1 comment:
Glad you managed to make time off from decorating to get out! Those jets are impressive aren't they?
Love the orchids - specially the Yellow Bee in the middle... we are only just getting daffs and primroses it has been so chilly here this winter!
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