A cold but snowless end of year (2006)

Here are a few photos of our week spent in the Vallée de Joux, a preserved and magnificent valley within the Jura mountains (I shoudn't really be advertising this place!). As you will see on the pictures -no snow this year, but: superb weather!

From the Blondine above L'Abbaye, view towards beloved Mont Tendre


Dusk in the Vallée de Joux, such a calm evening


Sunset in a crisp sky, the frost on north-facing walls has been preserved through the day


Remains of the day along the frozen shoreline, Lac de Joux


Another day out: picnic at Pré d'Etoy


Sorbier des Oiseleurs bays, a treat for the birds that have stayed around during winter


Chamois skid marks on a frozen road, it seems like these marks were done when the beast jumped up onto an embankment.


A typical Jura farmhouse south-west wall


In the woods towards Monts D'Orzeires (Bear Hill), an old wall covered with moss.


Skating is very popular in the valley, many small lakes freeze up during winter, and sometimes the whole of the Lac de Joux is frozen; here is a view of the small Lac Ter, between Le Lieu and Le Sechey.