Le Bousquet-d'orb. Le mendic

Le Bousquet-d'orb. Le mendic. 6km 2H. Blue. The walk description of this one was "easy" but there is one area while in the woods where the little path is steep, rocky and quite slippery, so take care in that area. It's a very nice circuit, starting at the hotel de ville in the centre. There is a small road to your left after parking that runs up to St Martin. Turn left onto the road to La Seguiniere and shortly after a family tomb you will see a small track on your right. This is marked blue and has a wooden sign for Le mendic. The small concrete track passes a few meadows and woods before bearing left up a dry stream bed. Follow this track up the pretty valley path, edged by flowers. The high wooded sides of the valley stretch up to rocky outcrops but the path is easy and not steep. Finally you reach a large concrete water tank where you turn left behind it and make your way through the oak and acacia woods. This is where the path becomes more difficult and broken. Watch your step but the views are lovely as you dip in and out of the woods and cross little streams. The tiny path decends to a small track into the hamlet of La Seguiniere. Pass to the right down a tiny street and you will soon reach the road. You have now joined the st jacques de compostelle 1366,4 km to go if you fancy a real challenge. If it's just the 6km walk that you wish to complete left left onto the road and left again at the junction. You will soon pass another tomb and reach St Martin. Go up the hill to the church and down through the pretty lanes, turning right to walk back to the starting point. There are a number of nice crosses on the way too and lovely views of the surrounding area.

Mons La Trivalle.

A cold but bright walk today, walking along over to the gorge de Heric, along the yellow route to La Coste, over to St Martin through the chestnut woods and through the vineyards. Then past the pretty church on the blue route to La Pomarede, past all the friendly donkeys down under the piste vert and along the river bank to join back up to the cycling track later which takes you back into Mons La Trivalle. Takes a couple of hours and there are plenty of spots to stop for a picnic or a flask of coffee and biscuits. Parking at the car park in the gorge de Heric, St Martin, La Coste or Mons. In the summer months there are snack bars and refreshments in Mons and on the cycle track.

circuit of the Caroux.

Amazing, incredible walk. Nearly 8 hours.19km from Mons.Grade E. I Walked up the Heric gorge on the main route and then turn right at the little house in the hamlet of Heric offering drinks and snacks Go on to the col du Salis, turn right once again and uphill to the next col. At the col de l'Airole I took the small track opposite onto the Caroux plateaux. I didn't want to take the normal route down so I headed on the GR7 to turn left through the forest on a small grassy path ending at some large rocks and then heading down a little path that forms a white/green forest boundary. When you get to a large cairn turn right and look out for the yellow route down to La Barriere. funny enough, once I found the route I turned off and went across the rocks at the ponail des cades, marked yellow/red( This route is quite difficult, don't under estimate it) and then turned off at the col E des jonquilles on a tiny path down to St Martin de l'Arcon (this path is very steep and not easy to follow), marked blue. Once in St Martin go down into the village and turn right and left on the blue path. Turn right onto the yellow path and head to la Coste. Once here follow the yellow markers through the village and turn left onto the path to the gorge. Amazing walk!! If anyone else fancies this walk you have to be mad or have a good sense of adventure. Lots of rocks to climb.
You can park in Mons (free) and walk to the gorge, or park at the gorge (3 Euros). This was a spring walk.