It’s for days like this that I keep going back to the hills. This month we’ve seen some pretty wild weather in Euskal Herria and in pursuit of a good day I’ve been out in it all. It has on occasion been uncomfortable. The writer Patricia Moyes said, “I simply cannot understand the passion that […]
Fiesta de los Momotxorros. Altsasua, Navarra
Frozen Dog
Frozen Man
Walking Man
Ibaialde Ikastola, Sartaguda, Navarra
Gizakunde
Falconry
La Feria de San Blas
Life In A Day
Month: February 2012
Perfect day on Txindoki (1436m) Guipuzkoa
Fiesta de los Momotxorros. Altsasua, Navarra
The fiesta of Los Momotxorros in Altsasua, Navarra, is one of the highlights of my year. This for me is real carnival. A fiesta whose origins go back to Pagan times, it marks a turning point in the winter and the coming of Spring. It’s a fiesta where our demons are paraded before us, named, […]
Frozen Dog
I had this notion to accept the fact that February is a slack month and to put it to good use climbing mountains, taking photos and recording it all for Bizipozatourists on this blog. But, not only is it a slack month it’s also colder than a well diggers ass. I’m Scottish though and I’m […]
Frozen Man
Yesterday’s blizzard seems to have blown through to be replaced with freezing fog. No excuse for not venturing out then. A five minute drive took us to the picturesque medieval walled-town of Antoñana which shelters under the prow of Soila (990m) Soila is an impressive mountain on a clear day. Today it was shrouded in […]
Walking Man
I felt a certain empathy with this cold but determined pilgrim I met on my way today. Yesterday’s crisp sunshine had inspired me to take to the hills. It had therefore been a brisk surprise on opening the front door this morning to face a blizzard. So, with something of the stoicism of the walking […]
Ibaialde Ikastola, Sartaguda, Navarra
Following a night of bad craziness in El Valle de Baztan (See previous entry) I found myself on the road once again. This time we travelled from the north of Navarra were things are profoundly Basque to the town of Sartaguda in the south where the tradition of speaking Basque (Euskera) is not quite so […]
Gizakunde
Gizakunde is a festival which takes place in the small village of Arizkun in the north of Navarra. It is to some extent a rehearsal for the Carnival Festival that will be celebrated on 16th of this month. The tradition pre dates Christianity and involves several different characters who form a procession and walk from […]
Falconry
More photos here Falconry (Spanish Cetrería) At Bizipozatours we are interested in connecting you with the unusual. Here we visited a local Falconry group. Falconry is a very particular art requiring a tight partnership between man, bird and on occasion, dog. It is certainly not open to large groups of people but then our tours […]
La Feria de San Blas
Making Talos. La Feria de San Blas Some photos of The Ferria de San Blas which I took last weekend in Laudio. Be warned they are not for the faint hearted. While I am not a strict vegetarian I at least try to buy meat that has come from “happy” animals. I can’t Vouch for […]
Life In A Day
Life In A Day is a historic film capturing for future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010. Executive produced by Ridley Scott … [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaFVr_cJJIY[/youtube]