Anyway, the day was gloriously warm as October days can be sometimes after a cold spell and we enjoyed ourselves a lot. And finally we had Gaby with us, which is always a delight.
Showing posts with label Долни Пасарел. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Долни Пасарел. Show all posts
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Dolni Pasarel 2018
Our first autumn hike this year - from the village of Dolni Pasarel to Peyova buka hut and back, some 10 km up and down Plana mountain. We did this hike almost exactly four years ago and then we were amazed by the number of various mushrooms we saw on our way. Disappointingly, this year there were almost no mushrooms at all. Not that we would pick and eat them, I'm completely opposed to consuming wild mushrooms because of the rather serious hazards it carries, but the variety we encountered last time had made the hike so interesting.
Anyway, the day was gloriously warm as October days can be sometimes after a cold spell and we enjoyed ourselves a lot. And finally we had Gaby with us, which is always a delight.
Anyway, the day was gloriously warm as October days can be sometimes after a cold spell and we enjoyed ourselves a lot. And finally we had Gaby with us, which is always a delight.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Plana - Dolni Pasarel
Last Saturday we climbed Plana Mountain again, but this time from the other side of the mountain - the gorge of the river Iskar, which runs between Lozen and Plana mountains. The starting point of our track was the village of Dolni Pasarel, some 27 km from home and the final point - the Peyova Buka Chalet, and back along the same track.
A long Aesculapian snake gave me quite a fright. It was lying on the trail and I though it dead at first and almost stepped on it. Frightened by us, it quickly moved to a nearby tree and began climbing it, while hubby was chasing it with the camera.
This forested part of Plana must the kingdom of mushrooms - there were not only hundreds of mushrooms all the way to the chalet, but dozens of various species too. We almost regretted that we are not experienced in recognizing the edible from the poisonous ones, otherwise we might have had a mushroom soup for dinner.
The hills of Lozen mountain, seen from the slopes of Plana.
The Peyova Buka ( Peyo's Beech-tree) Chalet
A big beech tree, which might be the beech which gave the name to the place and the chalet
Vitosha, on the other side of Plana, is seen from the ridge of the mountain:
We had our picnic lunch on these birch logs in the middle of a large and sunny meadow:
The enormous Iskar dam lake, seen in the distance:
A long Aesculapian snake gave me quite a fright. It was lying on the trail and I though it dead at first and almost stepped on it. Frightened by us, it quickly moved to a nearby tree and began climbing it, while hubby was chasing it with the camera.
This forested part of Plana must the kingdom of mushrooms - there were not only hundreds of mushrooms all the way to the chalet, but dozens of various species too. We almost regretted that we are not experienced in recognizing the edible from the poisonous ones, otherwise we might have had a mushroom soup for dinner.
The hills of Lozen mountain, seen from the slopes of Plana.
The Peyova Buka ( Peyo's Beech-tree) Chalet
A big beech tree, which might be the beech which gave the name to the place and the chalet
Vitosha, on the other side of Plana, is seen from the ridge of the mountain:
We had our picnic lunch on these birch logs in the middle of a large and sunny meadow:
The enormous Iskar dam lake, seen in the distance:
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