Other tours in the Landes :
- Le Barp-Tartas (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=649019)
- Tartas-Chalosse (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=650540)
- Sorde (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=666524)
- Peyrehorade (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=660302)

Some of you might wonder what the Landes forest is about. Is it a continuous forest ? What's the landscape like ? I'll make several threads about the Landes (not only the departement but the whole forest).

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To begin with, a little variant of my weekly trip from my native Béarn to Bordeaux.

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Leaving Aire-sur-l'Adour and Tursan towards the pine forest :
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Little excursion to the village of Perquie :
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Ravignan Castle :
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Arthez d'Armagnac :
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Nothing to see in Pouydesseaux except some houses :
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This is the main landscape :
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Then Bostens appears with its romanic church :
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Typical Landese houses :
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After kilometres of pine trees, Canenx :
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Here we go again :
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Some glades :
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Civilization ! Brocas-les-Forges :
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Landese houses around Sore :
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I was tired so I headed towards Bordeaux without any more stops :
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Douce France! Cher pays de ton enfance!! :lol: Le paysage du sud-ouest de l'Hexagone est vraiment quelque chose de spécial! :D