It around Causseviel a small hamlet at the end of a dead end road. The country side is rolling and is a combination of meadows and woods. Some are lush and others are 'causse' which is very rocky & sparse. Its only a five minute drive from our house.
Off we go!
We
start off a small lane with a cross & head down this track. Field on
both sides. Normally there
are cows, but not this morning. Expect we'll see them later in a
different
pasture.
Here
comes Roop flying back to us. He's got his coat on just in case the
"chasse" should mistake him for a small brown bear. I
think he's having fun!
We stop so Linda
can photograph these beautiful leaves. Gorgeous
aren't they?
Roop on guard. 
Who
knows what he sees? "Why
are we stopped? Let's go!
More beautiful leaves. The Winter colors are superb.
Off we go again.
We're
working our way along the bottom of a hill. Soon
we'll start up a bit.
We've just turned right &started up. I've always particularly liked this
stretch of path. There's a beautiful field off to the
right with a small pond for the cows and a path that leads over to La
Cazoul.
Here are our regular cows. They've moved to
a different field. Pretty aren't they. If you look very closely you can
just see the leader's collar & bell.
More
cows. Different breed; milk cows these. They're getting their hay.
The view opposite the 2ond lot of cows. Lucky cows to have that. The
village in the distance is Pech Bernu, population 14. 16 in the summer
when our American friends are in residence.
A little abandoned barn. These dot the countryside relics of a more
prosperous past. I can't help looking at them & thinking gee, I could
buy that & fix it up as a summer place for next to nothing. Dream on!
And so we reach the juniper patch and we're nearly all the way around.
Just a right turn past some great stone walls and down the hill to the
car.
A beautiful
morning, one of our favorite walks and a happy dog. A happy Linda & Dave
as well. We're privileged to live in this beautiful country where walks
like these abound.