At Brunnenburg last summer, I mentioned to some people that I was organising a study tour on the Troubadours through the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and I said that I would post further information later on this list. So here it is: This study tour, called "On the Trail of the Troubadours", will take place this summer from the 7th to the 18th of September. We're basically going to walk the old Troubadour trails from castle to castle in the Languedoc, through the foothills of the Pyrenees. We'll begin in the fortified town of Carcassonne and end in the old city of Foix, spending the days between hiking to such splendid ruins as the Chateau de Peyrepertuse, the Chateau de Queribus, the Chateau de Puilarens, the Chateau de Puivert and, Pound would insist on this, the Chateau de Montsegur. In other words, we'll be visiting some of the same sites that Pound visited on his walking tour through this region in 1912. Other sites along the way will include the thirteenth-century village of Villerouge-Termenes, the Gorge de Galamus, the Ermitage St-Antoine, the Defile de Pierre-Lys and the Gorges de la Frau. One evening along the route, Jon Erik Schelander, a member of the Board of Directors of the Centre de Recherche et d'Expression de la Musique Medievale in Carcassonne, will perform the songs of the Troubadours for us in old Provencal and talk about medieval music and instruments. At the moment, we're suggesting an "indicative price" of £1290. This is based on fifteen participants; should the number rise to our maximum of eighteen, the price will, of course, be a bit less. It is based on sharing a twin / double room and includes all air fares (from London Gatwick), all transport, admission fees and accommodation in small two and three-star family hotels, with demi-pension, except for the evenings in Carcassonne and Foix when you are free to make your own dining arrangements. If you have any questions about the tour, you could simply e-mail me. Or if you'd like a brochure with more details and a day-to-day itinerary of the walk, you could contact Mr Daniel Moore at Distant Horizons, 4 Amherst Road, Manchester M14 6UQ (England). His phone number is 0161-2255317, his fax number is 0161-7185478, and his e-mail address is [log in to unmask]