On the road, the biggest Platanus vulgaris I ever saw ! very nice, and now so rare

On the way : french village : stone houses grouped around the church

We are entering the Causses ; those are some calcareous tablelands, poor and windy, nice for sheep... or gliders

old shepherd house, stones and wild flowers

From Causse Méjean, a view of the other side of the Tarn valley : the Cevennes mountains and here L'Esquino d'Ase (the donkey chine)

Very tipical : a little grass land between rocks.

Far away, a field of wheat, in the only place where there is some soil !

in 2003, a big fire destroyed some square kilometers of the pine forest. Here all skeletons have been cut and destroyed.

Arriving to Florac

All those rocks are from the big wall that suddenly drops down from the Causse to the Tarn valley.

rocks and bonsais

ruins of castles, war and war again, religious fights.
Men allways enjoyed killing each other.
Religion being the best excuse

Sheep were one the of bigest natural ressource of the region ... before tourists. Theres is a dog behind, and one in front, but you can't see this one, because he jumped into the car. Lazy.

Can you find THE black sheep ? there is allways one. Some old idea from centuries ago, related certainly with religion.

The Tarn by the Village of Cocures.

Catholic church into a village.

This is the roof of the family house in Florac. One of the last typical ones. Crossed Lauze made from schist. Now they are made with slates much less expensive and easier to work with.

A village into the Causse Méjeant.

a lavogne ; The Causse are poor and do not have much water, then those places are made to collect rain where sheeps can go and drink.