This was a gorgeous walk yet again and very easy to follow – a lot of upward climbs but equally balanced on the return with lots of downhill. Warning though if taking a picnic there are very few places to sit – it was 3pm by the time we found a lone discarded log for our picnic!

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The Lock that used to feed two water mills here in this beautiful valley

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Turn left at the Cross

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very friendly and needing some chat

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very strange but lovely woodland management thing here

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this seems to be common about the Burgundian countryside and peoples gardens – recycled rubbish into rural sculpture