Gorge D'heric, Mons La Trivalle

Walking down to the gorge d'heric today. Always a lovely spot for a picnic and a walk. Lovely place to swim in the river too. 

Voie verte from Mons to Olargues.

A pretty walk along the voie verte from Mons towards Olargues with my family and dog. Then down to the river Jaur for a swim for some and a paddle for others.

St julien, Along the river Jaur from Le colombier to Coulayro

St julien, Along the river Jaur from Le colombier to Coulayro. This is a short walk with good parking off the Voie verte at Le colombier (this is the vineyard building with a beautiful tower). cross the voie verte and walk down to the road (D908). Turn right and about 50km future along is a small track alongside a vineyard. Turn right and cross the river on a small bridge, then keep right on the track. After a short while the track disappears and becomes a tiny footpath. This path is lovely and cool under the trees and brings you out to this wonderful bathing spot (it's a secret by the way, so don't tell anyone else). Now if you would like to do the whole circular walk continue on up the little path which rises around the rock and then brings you back down to the river level. Soon the path becomes a track again and follows the Jaur into Olargues. Olargues is a delightful little village and there are a couple of cafes and bars ands also a wonderful pizzeria next to the old station building on the Voie verte. The path brings you out at the bottom of the village under the red bridge so you need to head up to the village and follow the signs for the voie verte. Now turn left onto it and cross the red bridge. Follow the voie verte back to the parking. Walking to the river takes about 20 minutes but along 1 to 2 hours for a return walk around Olargues and a swim.

Caux, vineyard walk.

Caux for a delightful sunny walk around the vineyards. So many beautiful flowers and the crops were ripening nicely. The passed the lovely Moulinas, Belles Eaux, St Helene and a number of crosses along the way. Returning to the town with it's 12th century church and lovely old builds, so well kept. The walk takes a little concrete chemin south and turns east at Moulinas to reach Mas Bellas Eaux. We turned up here to return on a tiny metalled road to reach Caux on it's eastern side near the cemetery. This walk takes about 1H 30m and it's about 7.5km. Very easy. The walk route that we had would have taken us to St Martin and at the ruins went up onto the little perch before returning over the north and west of the town. We will have to discover that area another time as it was rather warm today for a long walk.

Roquebrun and the Mediterranean garden

Roquebrun and the Mediterranean garden today for photography walk with the Languedoc Photography group. What a beautiful morning it was. The garden is open in the morning from 9am until 12. And 1.30pm until 5pm. It's not a large garden but the views are really beautiful. (Dogs allowed on a lead. 5 Euros 50. The beach there is great for swimming and paddling. Beautiful village too with plenty of bars and cafes.