Provence 2001

Six members of the Group went to Provence in southern France for a week in October 2001.  Five days were spent walking from Fontaine de Vaucluse to Lourmarin, a distance of some 50+ miles.  The group booked their own accommodation and stayed at five different hotels.  The cost of the trip worked out at £380 per person including flights, taxi transfers from the airport, luggage transfers and half board each day including a celebratory dinner in the famous Michelin 2-star Restaurant in Le Moulin De Lourmarin.  The quality of the food and accommodation was excellent.

Five of the Group in Fontaine de Vaucluse on the first day.

The footpath up the mountain from Fontaine de Vaucluse

The view from near the top of the mountains with the clouds and valleys below.

The group entering the hill top town of Gordes at the end of the first day.

Gordes

Stressed-out at Gordes

Tom smirking at his own joke!

Charlie feeling at home in France

A demanding hike through a valley near Gordes.

The valley down below - the trail at the bottom of the valley is just about visible.

Group somewhere

The sand quarries at Roussin.

Tom and Chris in the ochre quarry at Roussillon.

Chris enjoying a well-earned drink after walking from Roussillon to Buoux.

The charming Auberge des Seguins, where the goat followed Tom into the restaurant, nestling at the bottom of the mountain.

The town of Lourmarin at the foot of the mountains.

John the Chalk getting lost again.

Tom and Helen in Lourmarin.

The green and orange tints of the vineyards.

The elegant Restaurant Le Moulin de Lourmarin where we celebrated the completion of the walk.  This is where Tom spent £14 on water!

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