Walk

It was such a beautiful day on Sunday, we got up, ate a hearty breakfast of local bacon, sausages, tomatoes and mushrooms, then headed out for a walk.

I’d wanted to explore a different area, a part we had not walked before, so we headed over in the direction of Essoyes.

The route we followed allowed us to see a lot of different methods used by the growers to prune and shape their vines, and also to see differences in the ways they tend between the vines. Some prefer to leave the grass and weeds, whilst others will cut them, or even weed them out (or spray them them). We had not seen some of the pruning styles used here before, so it made for an interesting walk.

The geography is obviously very undulating, and even the smallest of hills in direct sunlight at can seem like a mountain to climb.

As we neared the highest point of the walk, I knew we were not far from home, as this gravel track leads up to ‘Ferme de signal’, which is just along from the point de vue overlooking our village.

We have added the pdf and a downloadable GPX for this walk onto our hiking page, it is also available on the outdoor active app.