Area: Aude, France
Not a very interesting looking mountain, Pic de Brau frames the skyline from Limoux but has a plateau-like summit covered in wind-farms. After a couple of runs in Carcassonne, including one along the Canal du Midi, and a 30k bike ride through the Limoux vineyards, I had some spare energy so ran up this hill from Cournanel (a lovely village just outside Limoux) before breakfast. It was more enjoyable than I'd expected, nice gravel tracks up to a little level ridge and then a remarkably steep final climb for such a short and innocuous looking mountain. From the top, the Pyrenees were cloud-covered but Bugarach was clear and notable. I descended equally steep slopes down the far side of the mountain and then picked up the family (in shifts) for a delightful circuit walk around the 'Cabanes' - each individual vineyard had its own shelter, and they had all been perfectly restored. We had a picnic by one as the temperature climbed.
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