St-Jeannet & the Circuit du Castellet

Another glorious day on the Cote d'Azur, so time to dig out the hiking boots again and go for a walk... This time we decided to do a walk from a village near Cagnes-sur-Mer called St-Jeannet. It's a very typical, picturesque, Provencal village in a great location, perched beneath the Baou de la Gaude and Baou de St-Jeannet.



The walk itself took us between the two baous, and then towards Castellet (after which the walk is named) - a ruined castle sitting on one rim of a valley. There wasn't much left of the castle, unfortunately, but the views were great. It was a very busy walk too, with English ramblers, mountain bikers, motocross riders and people walking their dogs crossing our path. The end of the walk took us past the foot of the Baou de St-Jeannet (which was very busy with climbers – apparently very popular with them) back to the village.



After the walk, we spent some time exploring the village. A very nice, olden world type of place. Never ceases to surprise me, these villages seemingly stuck in time, just a stone’s throw away from Nice and Cannes.

In the evening, I had to watch the last formula 1 race of the season of course. Amazingly race (almost like a pre-scripted thriller, a cynic might say)! Thanks to some solid driving from him, good team work by Ferrari (Massa kind of letting Kimi win?) and some bad luck and nervous driving from Lewis, Kimi clinched the world championship (assuming MacLaren's dodgy protest doesn't go through). Third Finn ever, nice one Kimi. (now he can party for a month so that the tabloids have something to write about ;-)