Camino Rose

Garden rose along the Camino somewhere between Portomarín and Palas de Rei.

Fires

"Fires in Galicia are caused by deforestation and brush clearing, the removal of indigenous fauna, and arsonists. The fires have been occurring since the mid-1990s. Fires in Galicia represent 50% of the area burned each year in Spain and 40% of all fires." -- Wikipedia

"Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.

It is the dominant plant in most heathland and moorland in Europe, and in some bog vegetation and acidic pine and oak woodland. It is tolerant of grazing and regenerates following occasional burning, and is often managed in nature reserves and grouse moors by sheep or cattle grazing, and also by light burning." -- Wikipedia

Granary

Another hórreo (aka granary) as scene along the Camino between Portomarín and Palas de Rei.

 

Galician Trees

On the way from Portomarín to Palas de Rei: "Doves cooing, roosters crowing, crows cawing, cows mooing, songbirds chirping . . . an unusual type of oak tree as well as other trees I couldn't identify."