Everywhere we turn, here, we are surrounded by jagged limestone peaks. The rock gives the area its identity: rough, rugged, bare, tough vegetation survives in the narrowest of cracks. Rocky cliffs are home to birds of prey, particularly the griffon vultures which we see practically every day, circling on thermals, rising high, or in a stream of sometimes over 50, flying with purpose towards a no doubt grisly corpse, led by the scent. They, too, are a magnificent sight.The limestone is an accepted part of the scenery, the farmers simply plough around the small outcrops which dot the wide fields. Nature is bigger than one farmer, bigger than one man.

5 to remember
la caliza – limestone
la cima – the peak
áspero/a – rough
escarpado/a – rugged
la vegetación – vegetation