Randonnees are organised walks & rides, varying in length from 10 to 30 kms.   These can be enjoyed on foot, bicycle, on horseback or driving a horse.   Normally there is a small fee to pay, about 3 euros, which provides you with a map & a ticket for the casse croute, (out of the back of a van on a tressle tabe in the woods Shirley tells me ...Ed) usually halfway round, on offer are glasses of wine or fruit juice, sandwiches of pate or cheese as well as fruit, fresh or dried.  

From March to November there are many randonnees most commence about 9 am but this time is very flexible & most finish with an inexpensive, 12/14 euros, & jolly meal about 1 pm.    The routes often pass through many small & isolated hamlets, wander through woods, over rivers, but scarcely touching tarmac roads.  There are many delightful places which one would have difficulty finding in any other way, gorgeous views & delightful gardens tucked away in secluded places.  Also in Spring there are many wild flowers - on the Chirac (16) Randonnee last Arpil there were masses of bluebells, orchids & cowlips all along the 20 km route.    Sometimes the randonnees last all day, the morning walk or ride to a destination for an alfresco lunch or a picnic, followed often by a shorter return route to the starting point.   Most riders & drivers tie up their horses during lunch, always water is provided, often hay as well, together with a long line for tying the horses.   Almost always there are interesting people to talk to en route or at the midday meal.   

It is not always easy to locate dates & places of the randonnees, it is necessary to look at notices in shops, on notice boards and in the local newspapers, but once you start participating frequently you will be told where the next one is - some, of course, are annual events, such as Pressignac(16), the last Sunday in August, & Saillat(87) , the 1st May.   
 Good Riding /Driving, Cycling & Walking - just come & join in!