Spring flowers

Yesterday was 21st May, and I won't be back in Jaca until the beginning of June, so we took the chance to drive up to Formigal and Le Portalet in the Tena Valley. It's where in previous years we've seen daffodils in May. This time, we did see a few, but what we did find were gentians and orchids. It was the most spectacular bank of wildflowers I've ever seen!

little gentians

big gentians

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylorhiza_sambucina These are apparently Elder-flowered orchids, which come in both colours

Also, hanging from a rock we saw these:

I think they are alpine primulas of some kind

There is still a fair amount of snow on the mountains.

The melt water is rushing down the streams