2/4/21 - Source de la Buèges
Today we went up to the Source de la Buèges. I'm very familiar with the road that follows the Hérault and then twists and turns up to Causse de la Selle, but I think I'd never gone on to St Jean de Buèges et Pégairolles, both of them lovely villages in their valley. The Buèges forms a remarkably bright and colorful ribbon amidst the fairly parched landscape. It's very shallow and crystal clear, with amazing turquoise and regal blues shades, nowhere more so than at the spring itself. Its dreamy aspect is reinforced by large micocouliers with strangely bloated trunks and apparent roots peeking up through a carpet of moss. The river banks have a remarkable density of laurier noble, possibly the descendants of garden plants, and several butterflies were fluttering around, including the first Diane I think I've ever photographed.
Then we went west towards Arboras, on a beautiful narrow road. To the left, the slopes of the steep valley were covered in pines, with a few patches of yellower Causses vegetation on the ridge to back.
At some point, while looking for a mysterious "trou souffleur", we came by a lovely patch of Liverleaf, some white and others with blue flowers.
Thanks to our trusty book and maps.me, we tracked down the beautiful Dolmen des Thières and the great Menhir de la Baume des Moutons, which stands just over 3 m tall. And finally, after spending much time scanning the ridges, as we were passing below the Mont St Baudille, I noticed a black silhouette flying by the weather station, which turned out to be a Golden Eagle!
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