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Thursday, November 10. 2022

Hiking trails and routes in Provence


I took a few pics of our Luberon trails and routes, but not many of the challenging trails. Too busy clambering over stoney trails. Various routes wind down dirt roads, some through little paths, some past farmhouses, vineyards and olive groves. As I mentioned, the hardest part is following directions and trail marks.


The Brit hiking company (The Carter Company) that organized our trip gave us hiking guides (no maps). They also left off huge picnics each morning for us to carry, and transported our luggage from hotel to hotel. How long were the hikes? 5-6 hours.


As usual with hiking, it's mostly uphill but this bit was just easy and pleasant. Olive grove on the right, woodlands on the left:: 




Lots of pics below the fold - 








Up on a plateau that looked like the Wild West








All of the farmhouses look like this:



Bag lunch: Bean salad, tomato kiche, muffin







Done: 





Posted by Bird Dog in Travelogues and Travel Ideas at 15:27 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Very nice. Did I mention before I am jealous. Maybe next year I will do it.

I had to look up the tomato kiche. Looks good.

It looks like you had the trail to yourselves or did you intentionally not show other hikers?

Love the pictures and descriptions. Please post more.
#1 OneGuy on 2022-11-10 16:25 (Reply)
We encountered 5 hikers in 7 days.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2022-11-10 16:36 (Reply)
what week/month were you there?
#2 Apple pie on 2022-11-10 17:25 (Reply)
Middle two weeks of October.
#2.1 Mrs BD on 2022-11-10 22:32 (Reply)
Thanks for posting those pictures. I would love to hike those trails but, sadly, my knees won't allow any more. I did a lot of 3-4-day hikes (with full pack) in my younger days as a Boy Scout. Golden Arrowhead...Silver Moccasin. (I gave my Silver Moccasins medal to the orthopedic surgeon who fixed my broken foot twenty years ago.)
#3 snopercod on 2022-11-10 17:37 (Reply)
Lovely countryside!
#4 Jerryskids on 2022-11-10 17:49 (Reply)
Bird Dog,
Great pics. My wife and I did a similar trip in 2017. Beautiful country, the Luberon is our favorite place in France, except for Paris. You are correct about trail marking but it really didn’t matter because you knew there’d be fabulous dinner that evening. As the driver said when he dropped us off one morning “bon courage”
#5 Moondog589 on 2022-11-10 18:46 (Reply)
Very nice, looks like a great trip, thanks for posting these.

What were the daytime temperatures like during your outings?
#6 Seppo on 2022-11-10 18:51 (Reply)
Mid 70s F during the day. Low 60s in evening. Just perfect for hiking!
#6.1 Mrs. BD on 2022-11-14 13:36 (Reply)

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