WINTER'S TALE,second part (all due to a wine- tasting,etc,etc.)

We left gijon at 8 am and 135kms on we were by a favourite pine-wood near boal,here in asturias.

Black skies, 2 degees,icy winds, enough to freeze the b s off a brass monkey and nobody in sight. But to our pleasant surprise we found the ground covered with hydnums and in tip-top condition..

A couple of hours later with baskets full we made off to another wood, some 200 metres higher up the mountain and there we got a few trumpet chanterelle ,more hedgehog mushrooms,until around 12-30, the heavens opened and down came hail, sleet, rain and god knows what else.

So cutting the story short,we had a great meal for 12 euros and drove home in atrocious conditions and decided enough until march when we'll begin with our beloved morels.

Today,a rabbit stew with mushrooms,cooked in red wine and herbs and tomorrow who knows. Now down to freezing and drying and the good life.

 

Kenneth.