One of the advantages of living in a forest is that small roads and tracks go off all around us, providing endless opportunities for walking straight from the house.
One of our favourites follows the forest road up from our house towards the Col de Montclard.
A couple of hundred metres up the road and you reach a break in the trees with a glorious view over the Senouire valley and towards the Margaride and Cézallier mountains.
We either go all the way up to the Col, or turn round at the curés house. This is an old farmhouse owned by a retired priest, who only visits occasionally. ( More photos over on La Petite Maison)
Half way along, the road goes through a lovely beech grove which is just beginning to show its autumn colour. Soon the leaves will have all changed to a deep golden brown and then fall to join last years leaves still on the ground. Autumn is one of my favourite times of the year and here in the Auvergne it blazes into colour.
750 metres 
You have beautiful views. I love trees and it looks as if your seasonal kaleidoscope is just starting. Amelia