The bellowing deer
Deer
have found their space in the Aubrac forest, especially around
Nasbinals. Mid-September is the best time to see them, notably in
the rutting season.
Rambles with nights spent in shepherd
huts are available to approach them in their environment and enjoy
the spectacular sight of them bellowing.
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The lake route
South of Nasbinals, in the direction of Les Salces, the four lakes
of the Aubrac at an altitude of 1000 metres are in a wonderfully
wild setting: the deep dark lake of Salhiens, peaceful Souverols
surrounded by tall grasses, largest, two kilometres round famous of
all, and Bord.
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Falls of Déroc
The stream which winds away from the lake of
Salhiens feeds the famous falls of Déroc thirty
metres high.
A cave hollowed out
behind can be reached by a path which avoids the
waterfall. It was a refuge for brigands in olden
days.
And Shepherd
huts, low stone buildings where shepherds
sheltered and made four-me, the cheese of the
Aubrac (one room for the dairy, one for storage
and one for sleeping).
Some twenty of
these miniature houses have been restored in the
region of Nasbinals (there were about three
hundred on the Aubrac in the mid-20th
century).
They are the
location of events dealing with her-ding
traditions in the tourist season.
Les trucs, A
feature of the local geology, great nipple-like
grassy outcrops, plonked down in the landscape.
You can see them round Marvejols. A3
The
view from the col
de Bonnecombe and
the
lake where all the family can fish for trout.
| The
Transhumance Festival
In
late spring, the Aubrac cattle get ready to go up
to the high pastures.
On
the day of Saint Urbain – a
Sunday at the end of May – is the great colourful transhumance festival with herds of
thousands of beribboned cows, harnessed with
flowers and heavy bells.
This
ancestral custom is the occasion for much fun and
games (at the col of Bonnecombe).
The
animals stay on the "estives" (summer
quarters) of the high plateaux until mid-October
when they return to their lowland stables. |
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