Chateau de Colombières sur Orb
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Bienvenue à la Pêche dans la vallée de l'Orb en Haut Languedoc GUIDE DE PECHE PROFESSIONNEL DIPLOME
Fishing today no longer fulfils
its primary role of obtaining food. Certain techniques and in particular
fly fishing allow you to release the fish without damaging it too much;
however we would not want to deprive you from tasting a trout from time
to time! It's a question of communicating with nature and relaxing.. Fishing
could equally turn out to be a sporting experience in the fast flowing
streams of the Caroux. A day spent with a fishing guide enables you to discover the history, the culture, fauna and flora of the region, not forgetting of course the wonderful local food! FISHING WITH A GUIDE: If you would like to learn about a river, and not take risks, then save time by using a guide. I'm there to help. You can profit from my local knowledge and I promise you an enjoyable time on the water's edge be it lake, river. PERFECTING YOUR FLY FISHING I will help you to discover where the fish arrive from and the choice of a fishing point. Together we will also select the sort of fly to use at the water's edge, and the life cycle of the flies. It could also be a question of using the right technique: dry, dragonfly in view on a line on a reel, or perhaps using streamers. Of course it will be the occasion to correct the little problems or faults in casting a line or learning about other ways of casting, back hand, or crossbow, I am more than happy to show you techiques other than fly fishing. The facilities include transport by car, snacks, loan of fishing tackle if needed (advance notice please). You will need a fishing permit. The cost of this is not included, but we can arrange it for you . FISHING FOR BEGINNERS You choose a technique -fly fishing ,casting a line, using a toc ( a local technique), using a suitable trout minnow -Fishing for pike and sandre. fishing with just a rod and line. We will examine the correct fishing tackle, the various techniques of casting a line. But to fish well, you must also know where to go, the behaviour of the fish I'm there to explain all of
this for you. Of course it will be the occasion to correct the little problems or faults in casting a line or learning about other ways of casting, back hand, crossbow, I am more than happy to show you techiques other than fly fishing. THE FISHING AREAS THAT WE COVER: -Hérault: - The rivers l'Orb, le Jaur, la Mare, Arles, Madale, Héric, l'Agoût, L'Arn and the lakes of Saut de Vesole et du Lauzas… -Aveyron: the Sorgue and the Dourbie WHAT'S ON OFFER: A minimum of a two hour course
on casting fly fishing, or a sunset fishing trip
The price for a long weekend is 410 Euros per person for four nights including a breakfast pack for your first night's stay. The price for a couple sharing a gites is 510 Euros. The price for a seven night stay is 710 Euros per person, and 810 Euros for a couple sharing a gite. You can also choose between a very flexible arrangement of self-catering only, bed and breakfast and half board. As three of our close friends are wine growers of some repute, you can be sure to be able to celebrate in style without having to get into the car. To check availability or for a quote just mail us on christopher.elliott@club-internet.fr or if you prefer to call on 00 33 4 67 36 6618
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Enjoy
some of France's best walks, Walking in the National Park of Haut Languedoc Clear blue skies, far from the madding crowd All within an hour or so of four Ryanair Airports
Long weekends, week long stays all available with our walker's pack of maps and guide books You can walk for miles in the hills of the National Park of Haut Languedoc; the choice of walks ranges from modest climbs to those which offer a greater challenge of up to 1000 metres (denivelées). These walks of between 15 and 20kms or longer require some five hours plus the usual French long lunchtime picnic stop. If you are not walking in amongst the vineyards with their stony (schistes) soil instantly dry after the rain, you walk across the garrigue. The garrigue is a mixture of gorse, heathers and wild shrubs of all varieties, and at all times of the year it emits strong perfumes from the many wild herbs. Brian has offered to advise any groups about walks either short starting at say 5 or 8kms up to 16, 20 kms day long walks. You can walk for miles in the hills of the Regional Park of Haut Languedoc; the choice of walks ranges from modest climbs to those which offer a greater challenge of up to 1000 metres (denivelées).
All of the paths are well signed, but be warned that from time to time these signs can disappear especially where the forestry commission is carrying out some much needed felling and replanting. The weather Perhaps we should start by telling you when it is not advisable to walk, that is from late June until early September as it is too warm The local met office records show up to 300 days of blue skies a year. In mid winter you will sometimes find snow on the ground, but by late morning you need to peel off the top layers and a suntan is to be had during your lunch time stop. It does rain and providing you pack a light weight anorak, you will still be able to walk. Where are we
Our base is in the village of Colombières sur Orb which is at the foot of the Caroux range of mountains, just west of Lamalou les Bains. Just south of Colombières there are several walks starting in the wine village of Faugères with its windmills. Faugères offers several
circular walks of up to 16 or 20 kms. Just to the west there is a 15 km
walk from the village of Cabrerolles up to the summit of the La Coquillade.
The views across the valley of the river Orb and south to the Mediterranean
make the climb worthwhile. When the warm Mediterranean sun returns in
the late March and April there are several walks which start above the
town of St Pons just half an hour's drive west of Colombières.
Maps and Guide Books The large-scale map for Languedoc-
Roussillon is Map Sheet no. R13, in the red series. For Colombières sur
Orb and Lamalou les Bains and the surrounding villages, you need Map Sheet
no. 65, Béziers Montpellier, in the new blue (formerly green) series The third, the walker's (randonneur)
map, is a blue coloured Map Sheet no. 2543O (Ouest), Guide Books. Perhaps
the best are a series published by the Federation Francaise de la Randonnée
Pédestre called Topo guides. The book for the region is Réf
D034 'Herault à pied' . Walking at Colombières sur Orb What's on offer? Your accommodation will be in one of the Chateau's comfortable four-star gites. These gites are large self-catering apartments, with three bedrooms, large lounge and well fitted kitchen. All bed linen and towels are provided. For the cooler evenings, full gas fired central heating and open fires are provided The price for a long weekend is 410 Euros per person for four nights including a breakfast pack for your first night's stay. Also included are two IGN maps and two local guidebooks plus printed advice on walks around the village. The price for a couple sharing a gites is 510 Euros. The price for a seven night stay is 710 Euros per person, and 810 Euros for a couple sharing a gite. You can also choose between a very flexible arrangement of self-catering only, bed and breakfast and half board. As three of our close friends are wine growers of some repute, you can be sure to be able to celebrate in style without having to get into the car. To check availability or for a quote just mail us on christopher.elliott@club-internet.fr or if you prefer
to call on 00 33 4 67 36 6618
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This course
which plans a further nine holes has recently opened new a clubhouse
and restaurant. The restaurant Le Capitelle offers a very wide range
of hot and cold meals.
On offer during the autumn and spring is a flexible short or long weekend or a midweek stay. You can choose between a very flexible arrangement of self-catering only, bed and breakfast and half board. As three of our close friends are wine growers of some repute, you can be sure to be able to celebrate in style without having to get into the car. We are located just over an hour's drive from Montpellier airport and a little over an hour and three quarters from Carcassone, Nimes and Perpignan. If you are coming from the north or Ireland then Gerona just over the border in Spain is about two and half hours comfortable drive. All of these airports are served either by Ryanair of Flybe. To check availability or for a quote just mail us on christopher.elliott@club-internet.fr or if you prefer to call on 00 33 4 67 36 6618
New for 2007 will be a couple
of three day paining courses run by Simon Fletcher, we have worked with
Simon for a number of years. So as to offer total flexibility, Simon will
offer his seminar/course fee separately at 160 Euros and we will offer
a nightly rate for as little as 100 Euros. A biography of Simon is to
be found on his website
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The Chateau is
the home of the Le Convivium Terrasses du Haut -Languedoc established
in June 2004, it offers to those who live in this region an opportunity
to take part in its activities. Its aim is to get to know and to appreciate
our local products but also to think about (and to taste) food of quality,
diversity, which also respects the environment, the seasons and remains
open to other cultures. Our Convivium organises periodic meetings based
around a meal together, a visit to or tasting to allow us to get to know
the products of our region and that can be eaten when they are in season. Slow Food is an international movement, founded in Paris in 1989, in reaction to the standardisation of food and the fast disappearing culinary traditions. Slow Food combines the pleasure with a profound sense of responsibility towards the environment and the world of agricultural production. One cannot be a food lover and not be aware and be sensitive towards the protection of local cuisine, animal breeds, types of vegetables in danger of extinction. In this perspective, Slow Food helps the local artisan producers in agriculture who produce quality food, encourage tourism which is interested in respecting the environment and the initiatives in the world of food. To know more visit www.slowfood.com
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Christmas and the New Year at Colombières Escape the frantic UK Christmas,
not to mention the family strain, too much food and drink We still have a couple of weeks free either starting Saturday 23rd or the following Saturday 30th December. The gîtes offer a very
comfortable stay with excellent restaurants close by and the comfort of
a glowing fireplace for the cooler evenings. Mail or call us for prices
With five comfortable apartments the Chateau is able to offer an opportunity of spending a long weekend or longer together celebrating that special event, golden wedding, 21st, or that large family gathering During the autumn, the Chateau is offering our two gites Le Pêcheur and Le Peintre which each sleep five in three bedrooms plus our single storey gite Le Musicien at a special family tariff. This means a total of eight bedrooms sleeping up to fourteen Le Musicien is the gite that has a very large lounge and dining area plus a large open fireplace. It can seat up to 30 comfortably for lunch or dinner. These three apartments are on offer three for the price of two subject only to availability. On offer also is a bed and breakfast facility or half board. As three of our close friends are wine growers of some repute, you can be sure to be able to celebrate in style without having to get into the car. We are located just over an hour's drive from Montpellier airport and a little over an hour and three quarters from Carcassone, Nimes and Perpignan. If you are coming from the north or Ireland then Gerona just over the border in Spain is about two and half hours comfortable drive. All of these airports are served either by Ryanair of Flybe. To check availability or for a quote just mail us on christopher.elliott@club-internet.fr or if you
prefer to call on 00 33 4 67 36 66 18 |
Perhaps
the beauty of this part of the Cevennes are the views, you need only climb
perhaps some 200 metres to come out on to a hillside with views which
in some areas stretch from the Alps towards the Mediterranean and the
Pyrenees.
An
hour's drive south west of Montpellier, just 50 minutes drive from the
Mediterranean coast and two hours drive from the Pyrenees
in the heart of the 'Garrigue' (mediterranean woodland) 10 minutes from
Beziers and 15 minutes from the coast, this is the newest of the 3 courses
and is the centre-piece of an exclusive country club style development
unique in the Languedoc...beautifully manicured and challenging with
many water features.
challenging
9 hole course, just ten minutes drive from the Chateau,lies beside the
River Orb in the dramatic setting of the foothills of the Languedoc
Regional Park, near the famous old Spa town; for any non golfers in
your party this is also an ideal centre for touring in the unspoilt
scenery of inland Languedoc and there is excellent fishing nearby. 
