Showing posts with label gardens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardens. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Upton Country Park, Poole
A beautiful walk and picnic at Upton country park today. There are a couple of parking areas which are £2 voluntary donation. Toilets and cafe are near to the main car park. From here you can either follow the nature trail, playtrail or a longer walk through the park. We started from the walled garden and followed the path down to the beautiful Shoreline walk around Hole bay. Here you can enjoy watching many different birds. There is a farm with cows on the central fields which my granddaughter enjoyed seeing too. The path turns into a boardwalk and bears right along a stream stream to join a wider path at a gate. Turn right and pass a wild lake are (Grove lake), then you can decide to either turn left over a bridge to the meadow or continue through Grove woods. Taking the meadow path you will find a great picnic area and stepping stones across a stream back to the woods and the car park. It takes about an hour and a half to walk around the whole park.
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Les balcons d'Arles. Colombieres-sur-Orb
Les balcons d'Arles. Colombieres-sur-Orb. 2H 5km. Blue markers.This is a really pretty little walk. I started it from the car park for the Voie Vert but it really starts from the car park in the gorge. (If you start from the gorge car park walk down to the D908 and turn left after the bridge there is a little road on the opposite side of the road to Les Claps).
Follow it down keeping right after the houses (chemin des claps). Then left onto the little road past the voie vert and down to a tiny footpath. Turn right at a little wall and walk along this tiny path through the woods and past small vineyards. At a left turn join a large track which continues uphill, over the voie vert again and up the the D908.
Cross the road and take the little concrete road to your right. The road bears right at the château and goes up to la Barriere. Turn left past the forge and up the little street to le Theron. Follow the road up to the church and then bear to the left but take the right hand track uphill. This track goes through the woods and then opens out into lovely views of the valley and the gorge.
At a junction turn right onto the yellow/blue path down to Colombieres. There's a lovely viewpoint of the gorge on the way down. If you have started from the voie vert CP turn right at the steeps and then left. There's a lovely view from the bridge of the gorge and waterfalls. Cross the road and take the little road on the right down to Les claps.
Follow the blue markers carefully as it switches right and then left down a tiny cobbled path before coming back out onto a little road to cross a small bridge over the river. This route follows a lovely little bubbling channel of water all the way from the river at the top to join the river further down. It's quite fascinating how it winds it's way through the little streets, gardens and chestnut orchards. This is a delightful little walk and well worth doing if you don't fancy and big climb.
Follow it down keeping right after the houses (chemin des claps). Then left onto the little road past the voie vert and down to a tiny footpath. Turn right at a little wall and walk along this tiny path through the woods and past small vineyards. At a left turn join a large track which continues uphill, over the voie vert again and up the the D908.
Cross the road and take the little concrete road to your right. The road bears right at the château and goes up to la Barriere. Turn left past the forge and up the little street to le Theron. Follow the road up to the church and then bear to the left but take the right hand track uphill. This track goes through the woods and then opens out into lovely views of the valley and the gorge.
At a junction turn right onto the yellow/blue path down to Colombieres. There's a lovely viewpoint of the gorge on the way down. If you have started from the voie vert CP turn right at the steeps and then left. There's a lovely view from the bridge of the gorge and waterfalls. Cross the road and take the little road on the right down to Les claps.
Follow the blue markers carefully as it switches right and then left down a tiny cobbled path before coming back out onto a little road to cross a small bridge over the river. This route follows a lovely little bubbling channel of water all the way from the river at the top to join the river further down. It's quite fascinating how it winds it's way through the little streets, gardens and chestnut orchards. This is a delightful little walk and well worth doing if you don't fancy and big climb.
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