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Despite the drought, water still flows from the Font de les Heures and the Can Teyà estate shines with its poppy meadows in Sant Fost de Campsentelles, in the Vallès Oriental, as can be seen in this report in Las Fotos de los Lectores from The Vanguard.
Sant Fost is a mountainous town, on the Valais side of the coastal mountain range, except for a flat area near the Besòs river. Forests and springs abound.
The most important forests are those of La Conreria, La Nau and Bosc Gran d'en Torrents. And of the sources that we have evidence of, for example, Font de la Plaça de la Vila, Font de Can Julià, Font de Sant Pere, Font Better, Font de la Canaleta, Font de Canyelles, Font dels Hazelnuts, Font de la Guineu, Font dels Castanyers, Font del Porró, Font del Russinyol, Font dels Horts dels Monjos, Font de les Monges, Font de la Dynamite or Font de les Heures, the latter protagonist of these images.
The Font de les Heures is located in the center of the town. It was born from a mine that took water from the Can Boc torrent, but currently its flow is already low. Its name is due to the ivy vegetation that was around it.
It is one of the oldest fountains in Sant Fost and one of the most visited. It was a stop and provisioning place for the association movements and excursionists that existed in Catalonia, school excursions from the municipality and surroundings were also made and it was, for many years, a center of meetings and political, cultural and social gatherings for the people of Sant Fost .
On the other side of the road that crosses the municipality is the Can Teyà farm, where every spring its lands are covered with beautiful red poppies with its hill also known as the Turó de la Bandera.
The Turó de la Bandera is a 175-meter mountain, covered with leafy pinyon pines and holm oaks.
