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0-1-Route * The route we took to - and from - the cascades * 877 x 544 * (136KB)
0-1-Track * Starting at Beaulieu, we descended to the river and the cascades, and at end we followed the rural road back to Beaulieu. (so the track is to be followed clockwise) * 1106 x 692 * (116KB)
1-1-GreatCascade-Topview * The first cascade, as seen from above * 2976 x 3960 * (1.39MB)
1-2-GreatCascade-BottomView * the same one but now from the bottom * 2208 x 1881 * (805KB)
1-3-GreatCascade-LookDown * This is a look down the valley, from the bottom of the waterfall. * 1488 x 1984 * (592KB)
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1-4-GreatCascade1-OutOfGorge * Looking out of the gorge - on top of the waterfall * 1984 x 1488 * (276KB)
2-ForestPath * Following the river upstream * 1984 x 1488 * (583KB)
3-1-SecondCascade * The second cascade through the trees. You hear it far before it can be seen. * 1488 x 1984 * (592KB)
3-2-Second-Fulll * View on the second waterfall * 1488 x 1984 * (584KB)
4-1-NearTheCave * The third waterfall - near a cave. That one ... * 1488 x 1984 * (588KB)
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4-2-NearTheCave-path * ...could be accessed by passing the path behind the waterfall. At least, originally. This is a wet spot.... * 1488 x 1984 * (490KB)
4-3-TheCave * The case, a hermit has lived here for years. * 1984 x 1488 * (661KB)
4-4-NearTheCave-Topviewn * We had to get up, and on top of the waterfall there is this nice outlook down about 50 meters * 1984 x 1488 * (585KB)
5-Thirdcascade * The forth waterfall has a open cave left of it, seen upstream * 1984 x 1488 * (624KB)
6-1-FourthCascade1 * The fifth one is one that stretches about 100m. It's not a high one, but actually a number of small ones in a row. * 1984 x 1488 * (612KB)
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6-2-FourthCascade-Nearer * A bit closer * 1984 x 1488 * (621KB)
7-FifthCascade * The sixth one looks a bit like what Malham (Yorkshire Dales, along the Pennine Way) may have looked like, but in a much smaller scale. * 1984 x 1488 * (645KB)
8-CascadeDuMoulin * The last one inside the valley. Once, there was a mill - hence the name * 1984 x 1488 * (593KB)
9-LastOne * The last one (or should I say, the first one?) This is the top of the valley, and we were at the restaurant nearby * 1488 x 1984 * (674KB)
10-ReturnOverRidge * The road back views the Jura mountains. * 1984 x 1488 * (545KB)
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One of the "must-visit" areas in the neighbourhood. The river Herisson ("Hedgehog") steams through a valley in seven waterfalls. We started at the lowest one and went up-stream, and on our way back, passed on the plain over the valley
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