Even if it is the middle of June, the plateau above Svogue is still in the beginning of the Spring season.
I managed to shoot a lot of flora and fauna in this small 5-hour trip. Including Horse, stray Siamese cat, very brave Lizard sitting next to the train line, lonely Hawk, 2 resting goats, brave centipede who wanted to drink from my water and plenty of bugs.
Wild violas are currently still starting to bloom in the plateau and I got just 1-2 frames, but there was plenty of Thyme just laying around for the picking (excellent herbal tea) and many wild strawberries just laying near the roads.
I found also a dozen of Giant puffballs (mushroom named Calvatia gigantea) but only 1 of them was still edible, the others were already in a gestational phase (sporing out) so I discarded it (did not pick it up).
The water in the “Botev” memorial fountain was dry, there was only some left in the basin, so we poured water from the nearby village and left towards the peak.
20 minutes walk from the Ceria peak, there is excellent wooden gazebo for resting, so we opened a galon of beer and had a rest before we got down to Thompson train station, following the path of 2 enthusiast bikers.
Excellent 1-day mountain trip. Drop me a message if you want details how to do it yourself.