My oh my....we're in July.

[Bierzo Baggie]

And the mad dogs stay in the shade swatting flies with their tails. Clever buggers these mad dogs.
Went for a Sunday morning run along the track to Toral de Merayo (not to be confused with Toral de los Vados of the marathon). Intended to go out earlier but with baby Lara playing up, it was well past 12 o’clock before I set off and it was already ridiculously hot. Met a few mountain bikers on the way and succumbing to the heat I ended up walking the last 2kms through the allotments between the Toral road and home. Time at least to observe. A couple of storks pecking away in a field full of flowers. Incipient apples emerging from some of the fruit trees and unpicked cherries rotting on others. Rows and rows of cabbages, tomatoes, peppers and potato plants Chickens strutting their stuff behind wire meshing. Some people keep pigs as well but they are hidden away. Irrigation channels dry as a bone and the land is starting to look pretty parched again.
Running time 36 minutes.