Vršič Pass

Today we took on the Vršič Pass in the Julian Alps to get from Bovec to Kranjska Gora. Infamous for it's steep inclines and umpteen hairpin bends, the road climbs to 1500m (nearly 5000ft), but we found the reality a lot less intimidating than the myth and certainly I've faced worse roads in Scotland.

No doubting the scenery though, absolutely awesome, every day seems to get better at the moment. Some nice birds, the biggest surprise of all though, a lesser whitethroat singing at 1750m (5700ft)! Who knew that lesser whitethroat was an alpine species? Loads of great flowers as well, including more gentians and carpets of mountain avens. Add to that a couple of great stops at spectacular mountain huts in truly breathtaking scenery and it really was a day that will live long in the memory.

Lesser spearberry.

Three-leaved anemone.

Alpine rockrose, generally considered a subspecies of hoary rockrose which occurs on the UK, but only in north Wales and at Teesdale.

Alpine Butterwort.

Trumpet Gentian.

Mountain avens.

Spring gentians.

Twoflower violet.

Alpine Clematis.