Hiking | Mountain Biking | Horse Riding in the Dordogne
Starting September 2011 Short bit of History. During summer of 1789 was the outbreak of the French Revolution. There were numerous good reasons that started the French Revolution, but one of the largest was BREAD!!.. the price of bread was soaring. For example, in August 1788, 50% of a peasant's income went toward the purchase of bread. By July 1789, this figure had risen to 80%. Bread was a way of collecting taxes, and it was illegal for peasants to own an oven, grindstone … [Read more...]
Mountain Bikers planning a trip to the Dordogne will be pleased to know that the USA Mountain Biking Globetrotter Rip3d will be visiting us in the Dordogne for 2 months from March - May. In these 2 months he and "Duke" from Walking Dordogne will map all or most of the best mtb trails the Dordogne has to offer. They will use GPS to map the rides, making it easy for others to download the file and use it with their GPS, opening the so far "exclusive" trails to everyone. We are really looking … [Read more...]
Product Description The Dordogne region in southwest France conjures up a vision of England as it used to be 50 years ago - a green rural paradise of quiet little villages nestling in shallow valleys. It offers the walker a beautiful environment in which to walk, surrounded by delightful pastoral countryside, sweeping fields of crops and walnut orchards plus dramatic vistas from cliff tops. The 30 routes, split between the regions of Sarlat and Bergerac, move through this countryside, taking … [Read more...]
First blog post on this new site.. Welcome to Dordogne Trails. Although this site is new, and pretty empty, we do have a lot of content to post, and hopefully in the near future others will start posting Dordogne Trail info as well. Also, all Walking Dordogne Trails will be mapped using GPS, this should happen in the first half of 2011. It will then be possible to download the GPX, KML or TCX file to import to any GPS . Any upcoming news and info will be posted here.. … [Read more...]
