We are trying to do a slightly different circuit each night when we go for a walk. We are amazed at how many different ‘hidden’ places there are in the area – and we’ve found that also in Chalabre.
In Limoux where we are now, if we go past the church and up the hill, we find ourselves amongst the grapevines. If we go east along the road just past the river we find a semi-rural road behind the railway line with some lovely views across the valley to the other side of Limoux.
Last night we walked along the riverside a bit further than we have been before and found a weir, which seemed to be allowing more water through than we’ve seen in the last few days, so we checked it out. Behind the weir/barrage is a water tower which appears to be generating some sort of power.
And just behind the water tower/mill is a lovely little park, almost hidden away, but a lovely little spot. It has a place for young children to play – safely fenced off from the water. Then around the corner there is a stand which looks like it is set up for stage plays with some old Roman pillars as a back drop. Lovely.
Walking back we could hear a brass band playing so decided to make a detour to check it out. They just finished (maybe there is a 10 o’clock cut-off for making public noise) and they were a group of youngsters meeting up at the local boules club. It looked like they would have a party afterwards at the cafe across the road. Was wrong about the 10pm cut-off as they started up again just after midnight...
We are also diagonally across the road from the NZ cycling team. They sound like a friendly bunch, but we haven’t been close enough to greet them yet and I haven’t been able to find any news on the net to establish what they are doing in the area.
These are the 'boules' courts behind our property:
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