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The Stevenson trail (GR70) winds through France near where Robert Louis Stevenson went with his donkey Modestine. I have placed it chronological order for easier reading.
After returning to Paris Angelynn, Bert ( Angelynns nephew) and I got up early the next morning to catch a bus to Gare du Lyon and then south to Le Puy-en-Velay. Unfortunately, I had caught Bert’s flu so the train ride mostly consisted of trying not to cough to loudly but there were some decent …
Up shortly before dawn (hmmmm…that reminds me of TA) we staggered up to the church for the pilgrims blessing which was very nice. We did feel a little like we were cheating as we weren’t actually pilgrims but the priest seemed totally used to that and was very inclusive. It was probably about eight o’clock …
Looking back it is amazing how fast my hiking crumbled under the onslaught of flu. It was hot but there was only one steep hill near the town of Goudet and we made the 24km to our destination but by the time we arrived there Bert and I were wrecked. We managed a short walk …
Luckily the top of my backpack comes off and forms a day bag so I had almost everything I needed for the walk (sans backpack) today without having to carry the whole thing and it was a nice walk. We dropped our packs off to be transported and set out fairly early, stopping at Landos …
From Pradelles we walked a couple of km’s to what was supposed to be our destination the previous day in Langogne. More coffee and some food shopping in the market and then onwards to meet up with Angelynns tennis buddies who have a house in la Chasette. What was supposed to be a brief visit …