| Title | Date | Content | Categories | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPSMap versus smartphone | 2024/11/05 | When it comes to navigating a hiking trail, compared with 10 years ago we’re spoilt … | Tech | 2024-11-05 16:03:35 | |
| A walk in the Chateauneuf vineyards | 2024/11/05 | the exposed north face of the castle keep On a November 1st holiday, what better … | Trails | 2024-11-05 15:22:29 | |
| Track database updated | 2024/11/04 | Dateline November 2024 : The hiking track database has been updated with approximately 90 new … | Cartography | 2024-11-04 14:17:23 | |
| Balazuc and Viel Audon | 2023/12/28 | Balazuc is a picturesque village sitting on a rocky hillside on the left bank of … | Trails | 2023-12-28 19:42:22 | |
| The Rouveyrac trail | 2022/12/13 | My first time on this trail was in 2010. The trail was in good condition … | Trails | 2022-12-13 20:45:14 | |
| Mapping software update | 2022/02/09 | Starting from 1 February 2022, the French mapping institute (IGN : Institut Géographique National renamed … | Cartography | 2022-02-09 21:57:34 | |
| Abandoned rail lines in the Uzège district | 2021/11/11 | The group of trails described in this article allow interested walkers to see a number … | Trails | 2021-11-11 17:25:43 | |
| Vineyards and Camisards | 2021/11/07 | The little town of Castelnau-Valence is surrounded by many hectares of vineyards sometimes seeming to … | Trails | 2021-11-07 19:43:20 | |
| Happiness Lost | 2021/11/04 | The “Perte du Bonheur” Mount Aigoual, the second highest peak in the Cévennes, is a … | Trails | aigoual, arboretum, Cévennes, diaclase, karst | 2021-11-04 21:36:31 |
| Orchids in June | 2021/10/30 | The Clos Gaillard, near the French administrative town of Nimes has a story to tell. … | Trails | Nîmes, orchids | 2021-10-30 21:31:33 |
| PNC hiking data online | 2021/10/30 | PNC = Parc National des Cévennes When our club first put a hiking track online … | Topo Guides | Cévennes | 2021-10-30 14:28:38 |
| The pond at La Capelle | 2020/10/07 | Contrary to places like Canada or Sweden, there are very few natural lakes in the … | Trails | impluvium, La Capelle, Masmolène | 2020-10-07 20:55:56 |
| The Villaret Trail | 2020/08/07 | The Luech river starts at the foot of the “Signal du Ventalon” (a 1300 m … | Trails | Cévennes, Luech | 2020-08-07 20:55:06 |
| Easy walking around Villeneuve-les-Avignon | 2019/12/31 | Villeneuve-les-Avignon is located on the right bank of the Rhone river, right across from Avignon. … | Trails | Avignon, Rhône | 2019-12-31 14:24:30 |
| Ardèche volcanoes | 2019/02/07 | The high plateau in the Ardèche department, north of the upper Ardèche valley is full … | Trails | Ardèche | 2019-02-07 12:26:34 |
| A hikers guide to the Ardèche Geopark | 2019/01/30 | In the French “massif central”, between Clermont-Ferrand and the summits of the Haut-Languedoc, there is … | Topo Guides | Ardèche, Geopark | 2019-01-30 18:05:27 |
| Exploring Aigaliers and surroundings | 2018/03/11 | Here are 4 trails that explore the landscapes around the village of Aigaliers (located in … | Trails | Aigaliers, Bourdiguet, Bruyes, Foussarges, Gattigues, Marignac | 2018-03-11 22:00:02 |
| Bauxite | 2018/02/04 | abandoned mine works / mine abandonnée This circuit starting from Maussane-les-Alpilles winds along quiet streets … | Trails | Baux-de-Provence, Maussane | 2018-02-04 14:13:29 |
| Bourdic’s strange rock sculptures | 2018/02/04 | This circuit starts from the Bourdic wine coop, just north of the centre of the … | Trails | Bourdic, Garrigues-Ste-Eulalie | 2018-02-04 11:07:54 |
| Banne and the Granzon | 2018/01/02 | Banne, a village in the southern part of the Ardèche department is known principally for … | Trails | Banne, Gras Plateau | 2018-01-02 09:53:50 |
| The Mont Paon Castrum | 2018/01/01 | This loop starts from a parking spot on the D33a and passes by the Montpaon … | Trails | Baux-de-Provence, Fontvieille, St-Peire-d’Entremonts | 2018-01-01 16:55:59 |
| From Barre to Col du Rey | 2017/12/31 | barre rocheuse/rocky outcrop Barre-des-Cévennes sits under a rocky outcrop (possibly the origin of the name) … | Trails | Barre-des-Cévennes, Col-de-Rey, Mimente, Tarnon | 2017-12-31 10:53:59 |
| Exploring the “plans inclinés” | 2017/11/06 | Just north-west of Alès, these five different walking routes explore the ruins and visible remains … | Trails | La Haute Lévade, La Vernarède, Les Tavernoles, Pereyrols, Portes, Pourcharesses, Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge | 2017-11-06 20:36:59 |
| Graveyard sheet steel | 2017/11/05 | According to different sources the little used french word “cabistous” is a regional term used … | Heritage | La Vernarède, Portes | 2017-11-05 15:43:54 |
| The Calanques of Marseille | 2017/10/02 | In south central France, everyone has heard of the “Calanques”, a zone of low but … | Trails | Calanques, Callelongue, Cassis, Luminy, Marseille | 2017-10-02 12:20:52 |
| Nineteenth century coal and the “plans inclinés” | 2017/09/27 | Coal mines, railroads, businessmen and engineers The story of the “plans inclinés” starts around 1853. … | Heritage | La Haute Lévade, La Vernarède, Les Tavernoles, Pereyrols, Portes, Pourcharesses, Sainte-Cécile-d'Andorge | 2017-09-27 20:27:01 |
| A coal mining valley | 2017/09/27 | La Vernarède was a coal mining town in the second half of the 19th century … | Trails | La Vernarède, Portes | 2017-09-27 20:19:45 |
| Mas de l’Ancienne Église | 2017/07/31 | This easy loop starts from the town hall in Aigaliers and goes through some surprising … | Trails | Belvezet | 2017-07-31 21:28:05 |
| Liaucous and the Tarn Gorge | 2017/07/21 | This hike starts in Liaucous just downstream from the end of the famous Tarn gorge. … | Trails | Liaucous, Tarn Gorge | 2017-07-21 20:51:33 |
| The upper Dourbie river | 2017/07/19 | The Dourbie river starts on the Lingas, a mountain region just south of Mount Aigoual … | Trails | Dourbie, la Brunelerie, St-Jean-du-Bruel, Tayrac | 2017-07-19 22:00:20 |
| The tower of Brison | 2017/05/08 | In september of 2016, our club hike took us to the upper Beaume river valley … | Trails | Ardèche, Brison, Sanilhac | 2017-05-08 21:03:09 |
| Les Fumades | 2017/05/07 | This hike loops around several hamlets in the municipality of Allègre-les-Fumades. Les Fumades was a … | Trails | les Fumades | 2017-05-07 09:27:33 |
| Altitude measurements | 2017/05/03 | I used a Garmin GPS 64 to record altitudes during a recent hike along the … | Tech | altitude | 2017-05-03 20:33:20 |
| Rivermills on the Vidourle | 2017/05/02 | In these parts, almost everyone has heard of the river Vidourle. It’s famous for flash … | Trails | sepiolite, Sommières, Vidourle | 2017-05-02 20:45:07 |
| A bad day for measurements | 2017/02/27 | Here are the results of another try at comparing GPS track logs – in particular … | Cartography | altitudes, GPS, gpx | 2017-02-27 20:45:13 |
| The Eschino d’Azé and the Cham des Bondons | 2017/02/24 | On the western end of Mount Lozère a limestone plateau known as the “Cham des … | Heritage, Trails | bondons, cham, Mount Lozère, puech, truc | 2017-02-24 18:04:27 |
| WordPress mapping plugins | 2017/02/22 | This site, built with WordPress, uses a couple plug-ins for mapping. They are Leaflet Map … | Cartography, Tech | gpx, kml, leafletjs | 2017-02-22 21:21:44 |
| A Cévennes panorama | 2017/02/20 | This hiking trail starts from a spot in Saint-Sebastien d’Aigrefeuille about 9 km from Alès … | Trails | Carnoulès, mine | 2017-02-20 21:48:40 |
| GPS trackers and altitude | 2017/02/17 | Any attempt to get a good fix on cumulative climbing using GPS devices (handhelds, or … | Tech | altitude, Garmin, Orux, Ultra GPS Logger | 2017-02-17 22:04:05 |
| Crossing the Nesque gorge | 2017/02/16 | Over the past 3 years, I drove the Nesque Gorge highway a couple times. It’s … | Trails | Monieux, Nesque | 2017-02-16 21:14:07 |
| Hiking in Lozere | 2017/02/16 | I came across this little book while in Mende in the summer of 2016. The … | Topo Guides | Lozère | 2017-02-16 15:41:36 |
| The Garmin GPSMap 64s | 2017/02/16 | For 10 years I used the Garmin GPSmap60CSX. I used it with Garmin maps that … | Tech | Garmin, GPS | 2017-02-16 15:17:19 |
| Bell gables | 2017/02/12 | A common feature of Romanesque churches in south-central France is the bell gable. These constructions … | Heritage | churches, gables | 2017-02-12 10:58:34 |
| Chabrolières | 2017/02/11 | Chabrolieres : at the low end of a valley near the Vivarais Corniche, and just … | Heritage | Cistercian | 2017-02-11 13:37:19 |
| On the Puecheral | 2017/02/11 | Near Florac in the Cévennes Causse region on the southwest flanc of Mount Lozère, one … | Trails | Bedouès, collegial, Lozère | 2017-02-11 09:02:56 |
GPS track database, South-Central France
