In pictures.

The dog days of summer seem a long time ago.

Canis canus.

The countryside is crisscrossed by innumerable ancient stone walls...

...and dotted with attractive stone shepherds' huts, and Neolithic dolmens.

'La tristeza es la lluvia en un tejado de zinc' - sadness is (the sound of) rain on a tin roof - Mario Benedetti.

'La miseria es tener los pies fríos y mojados' - misery is having cold wet feet.