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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Hans J on May 12, 2009, 01:38:05 PM
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Hi all ,
like in near every year we visit again one of our favorite target : Vaucluse/France
We decid in this year to go a bit later ( beginning of May ) to see mo flowers ,days are longer ....and by night is it not so cold ....( we make always camping )
Here is our 'hotel' and our favorite 'restaurant'
Aphyllantes monspillensis
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direct near our place grows this orchids -no idea about the ID....now we have thanks Anthony a name :
it is Limodorum abortivum
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not far from our city is the big Mt. Ventoux - all cycling fans will know it .....
here some impression from underway -many many plants ( but all without any labels ) ....
DSC-0224 and 0225 is Iberis pruitii var. candolleana
DSC-0232 and 0233 is an Amelanchier species
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the area on feet of Mt. Ventoux is around 350 m .....but on the top is 1910 m !!!
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here special for Maggi ( and other cycling fans )
the last sign before the top
first flowers on this place = DSC-0240 is Saxifraga oppositifolia
the stele for Tom Simpson
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on the way back :
Helleborus foeditus
in this part of wood have before many years forestry people Cedrus trees -they grows really well in this area
here is our city : Bedoin
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on a short walk in afternoon we found this orchids :
Cephalanthera damasonium
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also a nice walk was to see the places where earlier people has Ocker digging ( partly is still working )
here some pics :
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on a other day we made a nice walking near the 'Gorge de Nesque'
some flowers on way side :
DSC-0261 Orchis purpurea
DSC-0262 Aristolochia spec.
DSC-0265 Orchis ustulata
DSC-0267 Linum narbonense
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on a steep part we climbed down the gorge :
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at the bottom of this Gorge is a very old chappel ( St.Michel) -I believe from the 16. century
there in this time very cool and wet -so we found still flowering Hepatica
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on the way back to the car we found a big field of flowering Narcissus poeticus ,Cistus and typical vegetation near the path
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and as usual we visit on the before we leave some good sources for wine ....to fill our cellar 8) ....until we go our next trip in Vaucluse ....
Caveau de Vignerons de Gigondas
and in backroud : Les Dentelles ( here we made some years before some nice walkings )
Enjoy
Hans ;)
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Very nice pix Hans !
Lovely area and sacred to cycling addicts !
Thanks for showing us what grows there other than cyclists ;D
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Thank you Luc !
I think that in Belgium are also a lot of Cycling fans ( Mure from Huy ) ,....when I see this races .....( p.e. Paris -Roubaix, Fleche Wallone,Gent Wevelgem ...)
Do you know southern France too ?
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Ian and I are delighted to enjoy your trip, Hans, thank you. :-*
And today is the first mountain stage in the Giro d'Italia!! 8)
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Hans - thanks for the wonderful pictures. It's about 25 years since I was on the top of Mt. Ventoux (not on a bicycle!) - nice to see it again. Good source of red wine as well as plants.
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Yes Maggi ....so I have not so much time in this moment ....I'm watching too -have fun !
Gerry - it was a pleasure !
we are before some years also by feet from near Malucene to the top and back .....it was a 7 or 8 hour walking ....
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Thank you Luc !
I think that in Belgium are also a lot of Cycling fans ( Mure from Huy ) ,....when I see this races .....( p.e. Paris -Roubaix, Fleche Wallone,Gent Wevelgem ...)
Do you know southern France too ?
Your forgetting the Ronde van Vlaanderen - Flandern Rundfahrt ! ;D
Like a lot of Flemish people I am a true cycling fan despite all the problems of the last few years - and a lot of Cols in France are quite familiar to me (Ventoux - Galibier - Iseran - etc... etc...).
The good thing is that on top of these cols there are lots of nice alpines growing as well !! ;D ;D so not only cyclists to admire !
Maggi,
I knew you were going to be watching the Giro !
(All these good looking Italians with their well formed shaven legs... ;D ;D )
Have fun !
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Lovely to see photos of those landscape and plants, Hans!!
When I was very young, my family once almost got stuck in the middle of a car race on Mont Ventoux! I have very faint memories of the occasion.
I was watching the Giro, now tennis - and the translation for today is about a much less positive side of cycling :( :( :(
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I enjoyed the visit very much indeed Hans, thank you for posting the pictures.
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Congratulations, Hans ... lovely set of images.
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Hi all ,
thank you for your interest and your compliments :)
If anybody know the name of this plants I would be glad !
Is this plant on from Nr. 8 pic DSC-0262 maybe a Aristolochia ?
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If anybody know the name of this plants I would be glad !
Is this plant on from Nr. 8 pic DSC-0262 maybe a Aristolochia ?
Hi Hans,
Most interesting journey and beautiful pics!
Here are some identifications of a few
DSC-0262 is an Aristolochia - don't know the species.
DSC-0224 and 0225 is Iberis pruitii var. candolleana
DSC-0232 is an Amelanchier species
DSC-0240 is Saxifraga oppositifolia
Gerd
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Hans,
Obviously, an area of extraordinary beauty with many lovely flowers.
Great report, Many thanks, Paddy
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Thank you Gerd and Paddy !
Gerd i have also looked for you for Viola ....but only very few ( maybe to late ? )
We saw only some on the way on a trip in Luberon ...but they looks quit common ( in my eyes )
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....and where is Anthony Darby when we need him ( for the ID of the orchids ) ?
I'm shure he will know all ::)
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Sorry Hans, up to my eyes in marking Advanced Higher biology investigations - I have 25 from 4 schools and the deadline is 21st May!
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Anthony - I was only joking !
only if you find time enough....no hurry ;D
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No problem, I need a break, especially as I seem to have caught a bad cold from some oink, which has kept me away from school the past three days. What are 'flu-like symptoms? :o
DSC_0222/3 is Limodorum abortivum; DSC_0246/7 is Cephalanthera damasonium; DSC_0261 is Orchis purpurea and DSC_0265 is O. ustulata. ;D
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Anthony ,
many thanks for takink your time with identify ....I know we can trust on you ;D
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You can now continue with the less important Work Anthony.. ;) ;D
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;D ;D ;D
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Hans,
Am only catching up with this section now, as I rarely get in here. No way I am going to catch up with 3 whole pages of topics that I haven't read, but will try for a few of those topics that are close to the beginning. ;D
Thanks for sharing your pics........ Great pics of a fascinating place. Interesting orchids, and oh the colours in the ground. :o Such pinks etc are just amazing. :)