#1: Looking south
#2: The confluence is located at the base of the hill, just beyond the end of the flat cultivated area
#3: Fortunately I'd left my so-urces of combustible basicity gas at home
#4: Looking north
#5: Looking east
#6: Looking west
#7: Another one spot on
#8: The rather well-to-do farmhouse near the confluence, replete with its own private satellite dish; and in the foreground, the road I wish I'd known about beforehand