Today's forecast wasn't terrible for flying; there was a chance of decent flying for an hour or so before the weather degenerated into showers. But that was the most optimistic reading of the forecasts, so I decided to go for a hike instead. There still is a lot of snow around, so I chose a relatively low hike between 900m - 1400m, to the S of St Andre.
The sky was very blue at the start, but big clouds built quickly before overdeveloping horizontally. There were a lot of showers around but they mostly missed me and I stayed pretty much dry except for a little shower near the end.
Much of the countryside is used as high pasture during the summer months; but right now the sheep are still down below and things are very quite. One of the villages, Blaron, seemed completely deserted - I'm sure it will get a lot more active in the summer.
The hike formed a loop, with some very strange huge statues near the start; you can see some pictures here -> http://picasaweb.google.com/DMMullin/CastellaneHike17April2010# and learn more about the statues here -> http://www.aumisme.org/fr/cite.htm
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