Le Tour du Mouscaillou, Rosis, Hérault, France.

Le Tour du Mouscaillou, Rosis. This is a simply beautiful walk in very peaceful surroundings with magnificent views. The walk is fairly easy and not too long, taking just two to two half hours. 9km. Mostly blue markers. We have done the whole walk before but made a variation on it today to take in some different views. The walk starts by parking in the parking area on the col de madale. Walk about 50m up the road towards Rosis and turn left down a small road to Le Luc. Cross a bridge and pass a track to your right, then look out as you walk about 50m beyond for a tiny grassy track down to a small bridge, the route is marked with small blue dots. Cross the bridge, keeping right ascend the hill to the house and turn right through the beech wood. Now follow this small track through the woods to Rosis. Just below the chateau you will come to a bridge across the stream, cross and take the path to reach the front of the chateau. Pass in front of the chateau and turn right to reach the road. Now cross the road and pass through the hamlet, taking a tiny path at the top that takes you along and stone walled route to the forest. Once you have walked to the end of this track you will reach the col d'Aussieres. (The main route continues down past the green water container and back up the hill via the col de vente vieille but we changed the route this time). Our route leaves the blue markers and makes a magnificent detour up the wide grassy path opposite to the top of the gently curved summit of Massaral and onto the rocky outcrops of the top of Mouscaillou. There are fantastic views up here of the Monts d'Orb, Caroux and over to Saint Gervais below. Now retrace your steps to the col and head left down the wide, zig zagging track to reach the road. Turn left onto the road and the car park is about 100m beyond. Super walk, with no difficulties.

Chemins de Haut Languedoc, Caroux. no 7. Great book.

lac de vezoles, Herault.

lac de vezoles. A super 6.5km/2H walk in the snow today. It's melting fast as it wasn't too cold up there but so a great half term walk it would be a cool place to go. (plenty of good snow to play snowballs or make a snowman). The walk is very easy, it being level around the lake and easy to follow as it's well marked with yellow markers. There are two good parking areas there. If you park in the one that the road goes down to the dam on, merely follow the road to the dam and then circle the lake. It takes you past several picnic areas, and a large barn that's rented out for group holidays (we sheltered here while we ate our lunch) then turned left onto the little track road over the stream to turn immediately left again into the woods on the other side of the lake. The path travels over several areas of boardwalk and returns past another picnic area. Not far past here take a small path up hill to your right to return to the road and the car park. Map and other walk details at the end of pictures.