The weather was a bit more unsettled today: a fair bit of cloud, one or two showers and a good deal of sun too. Rather than strike out further afield, we spent the day ambling about quite close to where we're staying, visiting the monastery at Preveli in the morning, and then wandering down the lanes to Plakias in the afternoon.
The atmospheric grove of Cretan Palm Phoenix theophrasti down on the beach at Preveli, at the mouth of the fantastically named Megalopotamos River. The surrounding hillsides and the grove itself seem to have been burned through in the last few years, but the palms at least have survived well.
The rather handsome (if you like that kinda thing) Cretan Water Frog. These two had managed to get themselves stuck in a water tank near the village and were making quite a racket.
Yet more orchids... this seems to be Ophrys herae, just a single spike growing on the burned hillside at Preveli. Similar to the cretensis we saw yesterday, but larger, with more obvious 'shoulders' on the lip and a rusty brown 'throat'.
Serapias bergonii (probably), the commonest orchid we've come across so far, growing just about everywhere...
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