Mountain horses in the middle of the path of my hiking trail.
Mountain horses in the middle of the path of my hiking trail.

As you can see, they are grazing freely in the Basque mountains and spend their whole lives that way.

A foal sucking milk from its mother.
A foal sucking milk from its mother.

This breed of horse is native to the Basque Country and is used, fundamentally, for meat purposes; I have not tried the meat from these horses but the Basque people say that it's delicious

They are wide, strong and short-legged.
They are wide, strong and short-legged.

Although they're smaller than other horse breeds around the world, they're very strong and robust and not afraid of humans at all, which does not help towards being a little afraid of getting kicked when you have to go through the paths they feed on.

A beautiful foal that seems to be saying to me: ”See you soon in Nature again, mate”.
A beautiful foal that seems to be saying to me: "See you soon in Nature again, mate".

If you in the Basque Country, you cannot miss to visit this Aizkorri-Aratz Natural Park.