Cette session sera donnée en français The course will offer examples of walks of different lengths in the French Massif Centrale and explore the factors to consider when planning to enjoy strolling and hiking in this often overlooked highland area of France.
Course aim
This single session course will run in French and offer an introduction to the potential that the French Massif Centrale offers to walks seeking either gentle local walks or more adventurous mountain experiences.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- This course is for beginners and improvers
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- describe or show (using a map) the location and extent of the Massif Centrale
- describe the strengths and limitations of the walking maps, guides and waymarked paths available to hikers and strollers in this area.
- summarise the way that the landscape of the Massif Centrale has been influenced by the activities of volcanoes, glaciers and human intervention.
- select a walk to suit your preferred level of distance and difficulty
What else do I need to know?
A notebook would be helpful and although not essential do bring any maps you may have of the area.
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French Walk: Les Randonees dans le Massif Centrale (en Francais) Alastair Clark
