A tour of the hintermounts
I often glimpse the Hintermounts when trekking through woody hills. So I've put a collection of photos together to give you a flavor of this lovely place.
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A typical track through the Hintermounts. Trees, timber, leaves, sun!
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Sunshine and shade, wild flowers and butterflies.
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Lots of beech here, with their beechnut husks nestling between the leaves.
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This spider's enjoying the warmth! And a green, mossy carpet covers the ground.
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Water, rock, timber, lichen, fungus - a fantastic combination.
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Somewhere to sit.
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A dry gully.
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The Hintermount cave.
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Within the cave, a spring.
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About the photographs
All the photos on this page were taken while hiking through the Strandja Nature Park in Bulgaria.
This is an incredible place - a low mountain range bordering Turkey to the south, with the sea to the east and the Thracian plain to the west!
There are ancient forests, totally unspoilt, and with a huge variety of flora and fauna.
There is, indeed, a cavern here, where pilgrims come to leave clothing and to ask for healing.