Exploring with my camera
I was tired after yesterday’s efforts up and down hills around Ste Croix de Caderle and so Day 20 of Travel in France started late morning. LaSalle was crammed with people – Monday Market Day – and the only main street … Continued
The weather forecast for Day 19 of Travel in France was for a sunny, hot day; instead it was overcast, with grey clouds and mist low over the high hills. Exercise is necessary and I wanted to see the hills, somehow, … Continued
At a whim I decided to taken monochrome photographs in Le Vigan on the slopes of Mont Aigoual. The Benedictine monks of St Guilhem le Desert built the Priory of Saint Peter here in the 10C and the town, walled, developed around the Priory. … Continued
Day 18 of Travel in France started slightly reluctantly because of a very good dinner the previous night! But exercise is necessary and so we set off on a walk on a hill overlooking St Hippolyte du Fort, with views towards Sauve … Continued
Day 17 of Travel in France was not a great success. It was Market Day in St Hippolyte du Fort, but somehow I didn’t take my camera. Then we misread the map and didn’t complete the intended walk. Fortunately and dinner that … Continued
On Day 16 of Travel in France we took a break from countryside walking and visited Uzès and Vézénobres.
On Day 16 of Travel in France we took a break from countryside walking and visited Uzès, a town with a long and interesting history. The map below is from the Tourist Office and a good guide to exploring the town on … Continued
Today’s walk was the sentier de decouverte around Viols le Fort, starting with another reminder of this areas recent history. The path started as a road in housing and soon became a stony track between dry-stone walls, with openings which looked like … Continued
Day 14 of Travel in France was a walk near Durfort. It was a beautiful day, hot, sunny, with no wind. We parked at the side of the road and set off down a marked path to Villesègue, an old village on a ridge, overlooking … Continued
