Posted on February 14, 2009
by Julie Plowman
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A lovely crisp sunny day in January so I dragged Jeff out for a little walk. I didn’t have the map for this walk, just decided to follow the ‘yellow posts’. It’s been a while since we did the walk but I think I remember the notice board in Lisle’s centre ville saying the walk [...]
Posted on February 13, 2009
by Julie Plowman
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25th November 2008 Sorry I haven’t posted for some time and also for only just getting around to posting these shots taken last November. The thing is I decided to check out our local walking groups thinking it might be a good idea to have some company on my walks. Obviously the walkers are all [...]
Posted on June 2, 2008
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(Sunday 1st June – 10.2 km/3hr, 30m)Segonzac is approximately a 15 minute drive (15 km) via Douchapt from La Treille. I know it has been a while since I last posted and I know I’m going to be rusty for this walk. Our gite business season started early this year and so I’ve been busy [...]
Posted on April 15, 2008
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Sunday 13th April 2008Sorry I haven’t been posting for a while, been busy working!!!Anyway, managed to get out today and decided to go back to this walk and try to find the Orchids… not much luck I’m afraid – may be something to do with the weather being a little cooler than normal this last [...]
Posted on February 20, 2008
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(Wed 20th Feb – 9.7 km/3 hrs)Celles is about 11 km from La Treille so again we went in the car. The weather is a little cloudy but pleasant for February, about 11-12ºc with a slight breeze. It was about 1.30pm when we started. The map indicated that the walk started at the lake which [...]
Posted on February 14, 2008
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(Tuesday 12th Feb – 6.5 km/2 hrs)This walk can be started right from our front door. Here’s a few snaps of the views around La Treille and the start of the walk up our top drive to the woods at the top. The second snap is of the view looking back down towards La Treille. [...]
Posted on January 31, 2008
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(Boucle de Bois de ligorce – Wed 30th Jan 2006 – 6 km/2 hrs) Grand Brassac is approx 4 km from La Treille and although it is a very pleasant walk I decided to drive today, the weather wasn’t that brilliant… a little overcast, dry and very chilly – about 5ºc but wrapped up it [...]
Posted on January 31, 2008
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(just visiting a friend in Tocane – Monday 28th Jan 2008 – Approx 3km / 25 mins)The village of Tocane is only about 3km from La Treille and I quite often walk it. There are various routes to go but the best one I’ve found is to walk down the hill from our house, past [...]
Posted on January 20, 2008
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(Boucle des Orchidées & Les Coteaux Calcaires de Saint-Victor / Circular Orchid Walk & The Limestone Slopes of Saint-Victor – 6km / 2 hours)St Victor is about 5.5 km from La Treille. What a beautiful day… after the last few days of constant rain the sun has finally come out and I’ve just done the [...]
Posted on January 19, 2008
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Well… I’ve always enjoyed walking but even more so now that I’ve aquired myself a dog to accompany me. My name’s Julie and my dog’s name is Ruben and we’re both discovering even more of our own little part of France every day. By the way I named him after Ruben Xaus – A Spanish [...]