Transhumance

My very first blip nearly five years ago was of the transhumance. I heard the cattle bells as I walked down to the supermarket and then they appeared.
The transhumance is the leading of livestock (cows, sheep, horses) to the high mountains (or "estives") for the summer months, farms generally being too small to support an entire herd all year round. The ascent occurs in late May and early June, sometimes taking several days. The descent from the estives takes place in early October.