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Tuesday January 1, 2008
Mont Buon
Lovely weather for our New Year Day outing to Mont Buon. George went there with Lloyd while I was in the US in October and wanted to show it to me. It's very local to our house, and among the beautiful views I am sure our property is visible, though perhaps not the house itself due to the lie of the land. Use the pop-up to see the map of the route more clearly.
Here I am, dressed for the day in my new Wellingtons, and thermal socks.
We followed the gently climbing path around the "mountain" through beautiful autumnal (or should I say wintry?) woods...
...until we reached the summit - a staggering 209m.
Points of interest were marked along the way, including a trench, used by the Resistance**. The right hand photo shows the view of the trench at 90 degrees, a little downhill; the trench is quite invisible.
[On re-reading this I realise that perhaps I should now - some 60 years on - say "used by the French Resistance during the Second World War"!].
And here is the rolling stone and "chaos" as marked on the map.
I took a few more pictures of wildlife and views which are in the extended entry.
Some surprising gorse bushes:
Slightly more seasonal puffballs:
The familiar, almost luminous, moss:
A weird tree - it pops up for a closer view [I thought it looked like a rabbit - ok?]:
And those lovely views along the way...
and at the end of the walk.
Posted by Christina at 3:57 PM. Category: France
