We walked from the village of Vallico di Sopra up the winding old mule track. At the top we were rewarded by idyllic pastures resounding to the sound of sheep and goat bells, and carpeted with thousands of beautiful crocuses.
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| This brilliant clump of coltsfoot got us in the mood ... |
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| While the more demure hellebores are still going strong |
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| It's a steep but well-graded path |
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| And then the crocuses came singly ... |
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| ... and in their multitudes |
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| The houses in the small hamlet nestle in meadows of colour ... |
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| A very few are pure white ... |
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| ... while some are an intense deep purple |
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| On the way down, we saw this beautiful Peacock butterfly ... |
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| ... and this Great Tortoiseshell - we often see the Small Tortoiseshell at home, but this larger species has been extinct in the UK since the 1950s |
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