Category Archives: Hikes

Hike – Ancienne carrière de marbre

Posted on January 13, 2022 by JJS

That was the plan Brilliant day for it, the sun was shining, no wind, pleasantly mild. The drive to the starting point in Caunes Minervois is only 18km through nice country side. It started OK, when reaching point 2 I … Continue reading →

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Nice day out

Posted on May 13, 2021 by JJS

We decided to go to the coast and walk up to the Plateau de Leucate for a picnic lunch overlooking the sea. A good way to exercise my brother’s 2 dogs. After having parked the cars in the village, we … Continue reading →

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Walk near Villemoustaussou

Posted on April 24, 2021 by JJS

Had a pleasant enough walk despite a lot of wind. As said, it is pleasant but there was too much to be done on the actual roads. There are some spectacular views of the Pyrenees and a few beautiful houses, … Continue reading →

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Walk – Plateau de Leucate (II)

Posted on April 2, 2021 by JJS

Very pleasant walk today in an area we have been to before. This time however we started from the very village of Leucate. and made our way up to the Plateau de Leucate. It is not a hard walk even … Continue reading →

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Walk Sentier Sculpturel

Posted on March 21, 2021 by JJS

Despite an extremely strong wind, “un vent à décorner les boeufs” as we say in French “which literally translated means “a wind to knock off the horns of oxes” or simply a wind that will blow you away, we went … Continue reading →

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