Pouzolles.

Pouzolles. 6.6km 2 hours. Blue markers. Easy. A lovely walk through rolling little hills and vineyards. The walk starts in the centre of the village close to the Chateau.

Take a left along Avenue Carnot and then turn right about 100m further with a quite left up a left up a small stepped path that brings you up to a small parking area at Avenue Paul Dourner.

Turn right and walk down Avenue Pasteur, if you look right down Christophe Ricard street, you will see you beautiful church that stands just behind the chateau.

look out for a left turn further down the road, this will take you past the cemetery and the ruins of an old windmill. turn right onto a paved track and continue until you come to a left turn.

Continue on this track until you see a little path that rises to your left. This takes you up through more vineyards with stupendous views of the plain.

Here you can see the Pyrenees, Avant Monts, the beautiful chateaus of Margon and Pouzolles, cap d'agde, Sete and the rest of the world. (well maybe I was fibbing a little bit there but the view are quite glorious on a beautiful, sunny autumn afternoon.

There are a couple of benches at the top, a little wobbly but ok for a picnic. The path crosses a track where you will see an old cross. Now climb the hill where you bear right through the little woods. the path bears to the right again and then right again onto the D15e.

Now follow the little road all the way back into the village of Pouzolles. in the village there is just one road to cross and walk down a little street that brings you back to the Chateau and the pretty fountain complete with goldfish.

Here you can either enjoy a rest at the cafe or sit under the trees and watch a game of Pétanque as we did. It's a small world as we even bumped into some friends from this site as we arrived back at our car! What a lovely day.