A couple of things went wrongly right with our return to Paris. I had booked tickets from Ales, changing at Nimes and Lyon but as we hadn’t made it to Ales we would have to catch the bus in the morning…except there wasn’t any bus as it was a public holiday. There was a bus …
Today was the day that we were supposed to go all the way to Ales to finish our journey and catch the train. But because we stopped at St-Etienne Vallee Francaise last night we won’t be able to complete the journey in time and although we started with expectations of doing a 34km day by …
After the sleep deprivation of last nights storm neither of us were in a good walking mood although it must be said it was quite a nice walk and after coffee at St Germain de Calberte our moods had improved somewhat. Still, we only made it until St-Etienne Vallee Francaise before checking the weather and …
Another shortcut. Although some of today’s one is an official variant at least. After le Pont de Montvert we climbed a steep track out of the valley and up into the forest before using GR72 to shave some more time off. Lunch was in the forest near a giant ant hill and then down to …
This was probably the longest day on the journey. We set off from Serremejan and went to the source of the Lot for breakfast. Down to le Bleymard and then up a long, long hill that went all the way until the summit of Mont-Lozere on the border on the Cevenne. It was actually not …