Praid – Bucin

Our 5 day journeys most romantic parts follows. Leaving behind the church, the parish we turn right, in other words South-East on the Bábirko street, and between the houses slowly rising we advance towards the end of the village.

We rise further in the wooded valley on the road, which is accessible by car as well, and we follow the violet m trails. The valley gets more narrower, then more rising a branch next to a smaller streamlet takes us upwards towards the Nagymező tableland, of which edge will be reached at 3 km counted from the village (101,7 km). If we come from the Bucsin, we need to pay attetion here to not get off the road, because the cycle path trail leads to Ocna de Jos.

From here our way goes through mountain-pastures during 12 kilometres, scalloped by smaller-bigger tree islands. Always keeping an eye on the North extending edge of the forest keeping the north-eastern direction. From our path to left a sheepfold can be found, where with a small detour you can also find water. It is advised to be prepared for dogs attack.

At the Nagymező end by a shepherd’s hut, built of branches, our path turns to North and descends into the valley called Áb (89 km), where we go on further in the forest on a road which is accesible by car as well . (Here the cycle path trails are showing different direction.) If we come from Bucin, we have to pay attention to the trails, because from the loaded road we need to turn to a smaller road. If this fails, then above Praid can the highway be reached). The road slowly climbs up on a smaller ridge, where on the right side is the view over the neighbouring mountain. Shortly we reach a crossroad, where we have to follow the forest-path, one on the left side, towards North which is car accessible as well (87,3 km). We go 2.5 km more on this bigger path watching the trails, because then we have to turn to left in right angle (85 km). Taking a short cut through a smaller streamlet to a lumbering secondary road, we change our direction from North-East to North-West (If we miss the trail, then with a longer run-up we can reach the Gheorgheni-basin). Through a smaller felling area slowly rising temporarily we turn to West and we reach a bigger forest pasture ridge, where our way turns to North towards the sheepfold and the spring, where against the danger of dog attack it worths to pour some water. Through a smaller mountain-pass we follow the crest and the North direction rising a bit (83 km), reaching the fenced pastures. Then we advance through forest and pastures upwards (81 km), passing further sheepfolds. We start to descend on the woody pastured ridge (78,3 km) towards the ski courses on the Bucin-pass, then we reach the highway (76 km), where after 150 m turning to West we reach the Bujdosó Székely Inn.

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