Another beautiful day in the Minervois valley. The forecast was for rain but as you can see, and as so often happens, it was a beautiful bright weekend. We started this weekends walk from the village of Agel, locally famous for it's spring water. The ancient fortified Chateau is in the upper picture. Thick walls and a variety of towers are on the site as is a long tree lined drive to the main building.
The courtyard shown in the picture below is an example of the kind of courtyards we will incorporate into Jardin de Charlotte. This restored property sits up in the hills above the village.
The route we took up into the Haut Languedoc is through vineyards, forest and the wild garriage. No wild boar, one fellow on a bicycle, one couple hiking and only one car seen in the course of this excursion. This region is a walkers or bicyclists dream.