Referring to your earlier post perched villages, one thing France seems not to be short of is medieval villages or ones hanging of a precipice. We discovered something different the other day, an area not too far away called "le sidobre" which is a granite outcrop formed millions of years ago which has weathered over time creating a number of interesting rock formations. Obviously in true tourist fashion some of them have got names such as the "trois fromage" but the one I struggled with was the waterfall, "saut de la truite".
The "saute de la truite", I assumed would be a fish ladder next to the waterfall which was signposted, so after a steep climb of 200 metres we found the waterfall which was a round 25 metres high but no ladder and in fact the stream was not really big enough for fish the size of trout. So was this some form of French humour? retracing our steps there was an information board describing the walk and we then discovered that "saute de la truite" was the name of a rock at the base of the waterfall that looks like a jumping trout (pictured). I have added an eye for those with less imagnition than the tourist office. I suppose if I was clever I could have waited for the sun to move round the waterfall to make a rainbow trout (groan)
The other picture is a large 780 ton boulder perched in a small plinth this one is called peyro clabado which is probably Occitan for something. The whole area is covered with these boulders and there are many paths you can take, the nice thing is that the area is wooded so there is relief from the sun. There is also a lake, "lac du merle" that has boulders poking through the surface of the water as if they were floating and close by there is a picnic area.
Nev
