In reply to UKC Gear:
Hi, sorry to be quite pedantic here, but since the French region system is being reorganised, I think it could be a good occasion to rename this guidebook.
Midi-Pyrenees and Languedoc-Roussillon have been merged into a single region. The name has yet to be found but will probably be around the lines of Languedoc or Occitanie (but that's another issue)
A few things that grate me a little with the name of this guidebook:
- half the crags in this guidebook are not in the former Languedoc-Roussillon region (Ardeche, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhone)
- none of the crags are actually in Roussillon
I understand that naming a guide is not easy and that you want to stick to an already defined concept that will not always overlap completely with the area of the book (Western Grit depicts some Cheshire crags, and that's fine as they are outliers). However the overlap of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and the crags of the book is not very good, and the title is a bit misleading for someone familiar with French geography.
The concept of Languedoc-Roussillon will disappear soon and that could be a good occasion to rethink the name of the guidebook. More appropriate and accurate names could be found. Languedoc would already be better (as it skips the Roussillon part), Central southern France would be more accurate (not very sexy though), From the Gorges du Tarn to the Ardeche, etc.
Sorry about the rant.
Post edited at 10:37
We have also released version 1.3 of the App and added the fourth France guidebook Languedoc-Roussillon to the list of available crags.
