The landscape is scarred with great lumps of lava, volcanic plugs and long screes of volcanic soil, and there is also a vast barren sandy valley. |
We sit and contemplate the high domed peak of Errigal, its white quartzy screes making it look snowy, beautiful, impossible. |
From Inchnadamph, the grey screes of Conival's upper tiers contrast starkly with the lush pastoral tones of Gleann Dubh below. |
This can be found on the screes in the Torlesse Range some 80 km from Christchurch. |
No matter how hard I try, I simply cannot keep up with my guide, Alistair, who scampers over the screes like some tweed-clad mountain goat. |
It grows on alpine north-facing mobile limestone screes, mostly over 1800 meters above sea level, confined to a narrow area of approximately 160 km. |