The 'source' of the river Loue. Actually the river is water from the river Doubs that has gone underground in a few places to the south-east and come out here (see below for how they found this out). The source has some powerful flows and there are a few hydro-electric power stations taking advantage of the force of the water.

A few kilometres downstream, the village of Lods sits picturesquely on the river. As you see the flow is strong after a month of heavy rain. Downstreram from Lods is the town of Ornans and further down again is Chenecey Buillon with it's arched stone bridge over the river.

Normally, there is flow between the central arches and the arches on either side are dry. The area immediately around the bridge itself is a reserve, but the fishing up and down the river here is some of the best on the whole river.

Down from Chenecey is Quingy where we were fishing - or at least trying to fish. The locals suspected that with the heavy rain, most of the fish had been literally washed downstream. We saw a few barbel that were unceremoniously chucked out of the river as they are an alien species and considered a threat to the trout and local species.