Descent Into The Milonas Valley

Now that we’ve made it all the way up here we’ve got to get all the way back again but this time we’ll come down the Milonas (or Miller’s) Valley. So first we must descend that evil looking slope .

A quick look at the flowers before we start our descent, most of which we met on the way up, such as the little yellow Sternbergia but there are also these delicate little Autumn Crocuses. Pretty little things that those of you with long memories may remember we met once before when we visited The Waterfall of Milonas a couple of years back and I told you the story of a famous murderer. On the plus side though, it was the original source of the drug colchicine which has a number of uses including treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever. This is a rather nasty human disease caused by a genetic mutation specific to people of Eastern Mediterranean origin. Like nettles and dock leaves the problem and solution are to be found in the same place.

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Publicado el noviembre 20, 2016 07:50 MAÑANA por stevedaniels stevedaniels

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Octubre 2016

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Noviembre 3, 2016 a las 12:36 TARDE EET

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Found in rotting wood at 750m

Blueish tinge, punctures on elytra not well defined. cf. R. corvinus [http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4554316]

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Cuervo Común (Corvus corax)

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Noviembre 3, 2016 a las 02:52 TARDE EET

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Noviembre 12, 2016 a las 10:03 MAÑANA EET

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Colirrojo Tizón (Phoenicurus ochruros)

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Noviembre 12, 2016 a las 10:13 MAÑANA EET

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First sighting of autumn

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