Monday, October 12, 2015

Buruntzaldea Walkabout

Happy Proximal Halloween.
The towns in the Buruntzaldea, the region of Gipuzkoa that includes Lasarte-Oria, Usurbil, Andoain, and Urnieta, puts on an annual event to encourage people to get to know the area by hiking between the towns on marked paths. They provide maps and a return bus trip and various baubles. We started in Lasarte with the water birds of the Oria River.
The gardens on the road to Zubieta are almost spent.
The trails are color-coded and regularly marked.
There was a pelota game in progress in Zubieta.
Route markers AND paintball.
Sunday, late morning, right idea.
The path to Aginaga is mostly flat and looks like this.
 

Apples and walnuts and peppers
Iberian squash example, with my hat for scale.
Horsetail forest.