I have posted pictures of this walk before, indeed, twice, so this time I thought I’d do it in reverse. 😊 It requires a short drive down the valley from Evolène to La Luette, but I knew that the paths would be clear of snow after all the warm and sunny weather we’ve had for the past month. It’s also always a good route for spotting butterflies and I certainly wasn’t disappointed.
The section shortly after the bridge in picture 10, proved to be particularly profitable. Several large ‘orange’ coloured butterflies also whizzed by without giving me a chance to identify or capture them for you to enjoy. Later, as I approached Ossona, I noticed 3 or 4 Swallowtails. I was just zooming in on one of them when another came along and an almighty aerial battle took place, which reminded me of the film, Top Gun. (See their rather blurry ‘fly by’ in pic 21). It went on for so long, I got bored waiting for them to land again and continued on my way.
I was also pleasantly surprised to actually spot a Small Blue (pic 35). It’s quite a common butterfly, but I believe it’s Switzerland’s smallest – possibly not much bigger than your small finger nail. (It’s on some Alpine Bird’s-foot trefoil, if that also helps to give it some scale).
My apologies for all the photos, but it was a rather nice walk, which I thought you might enjoy, especially if you have to “Stay home”, like many.
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Great shot of the Swift before s/he swiftly took off! 😉 I am in awe every time I see your distant views of the mountains and landscapes, truly beautiful. And with a little patience, you did score on the orange-tips’ tango! Well done, Mike! I tried to leave a comment on the pyramids, but I don’t think it went through. Having internet issues right now, so could be me. Anyhoo, I said it looked like a castle and asked was it man-made or created naturally with age and weather?
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I spotted the swift as I got out of my car – it flew into the eaves of a nearby house. I moved into the shade to get a picture, not into the sun, but it landed on one of the struts or supports, as you can see in the picture. The pyramids are completely natural – having been eroded over the years, leaving the huge rocks on the top. The road goes underneath them and, as you can maybe imagine, you drive underneath quite nervously – just in case. They are planning to create another tunnel to the side, as they are worried they are collapsing. (There’s often stones washed down onto the road, but then that happens quite a lot around here). See here for another view (or search google for Pyramides d’Euseigne):
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Wow, amazing! They remind me of the ‘hoodoos’ out midwest in the U.S.
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I’ve just looked up ‘hoodoos’ and yes, they look very similar. You can see them also in the centre of picture 28, the View from the Bridge. The ‘rock’ around the boulders is quite soft though, so it’s not surprising bits are falling off them all the time.
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The hoodoos are soft/brittle as well. When the temperatures begin to drop in the evenings/at night, you can stand there and listen to something fall ‘out there’. It sounded kind of sad, knowing what was happening. Yet, they are still there, creating more and more cool shapes.
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Sounds interesting. Ours just get eroded by the rain, which is also quite sad. But they must have been there for many, many years.
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