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    • Carmel CarlsenVia Francigena - part 1
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      Day 32

      Day 29 - Chalons en Champagne to La Chau

      May 19, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

      A nice variety in the walk today. Some riverside walking, along La Marne, cultivated fields and some canal walking (back on the Canal Lateral a la Marne). The hotel I'm staying at tonight is right on Le Fion River, I can see it from my window. I went on a Vivid style of river cruise last night in Chalons called Barque Métamorph’eau’ses it was really lovely. Classic ending though; rather than return to where we started; it finished in a park with no lighting at 11 pm at night! Thankfully, I had undertaken the audio guide tour of the city and knew exactly where I was. Note the lone rubbish bin in the middle of nowhere. P.S. I met, together, a Spanish man, walking the Saint-Jacques Compostelle, and a French man walking the VF - the two paths coincide for quite a bit.Read more

    • Carmel CarlsenVia Francigena - part 1
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      Day 33

      Day 30 - La Chaussee sur Marne to Vitry

      May 20, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      A lot of farmland walking today was interspersed with sections of very welcome and lovely, tree covered paths and dirt roads. I saw squirrels this morning - they moved so fast, and I was lucky enough to get a shot. I met up with two Australians doing the VF; Sue, I met at the Cathedral in Reims, and Lyn. When I got to Vitry Le François I visited the Cathedral, and this time, I gatecrashed a wedding! P.S. one of the pictures is my attempt to capture another river crossing - La Saulx - at right angles, under the Canal Lateral a la Marne.Read more

    • Carmel CarlsenVia Francigena - part 1
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      Day 34

      Day 31 - Vitry Le François to Drosnay

      May 21, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      The first half of the walk today was up and down rolling hills in cultivated fields on well maintained weatherproof (read: rocks) agricultural roads. Which can be a little hard on the feet and sometimes treacherous when coming down. I finished the official route at Saint Remy en Bouzemont (France has a lot of little places with very big names) and then had to walk another 8 km, off the path, to get to my accommodation in Drosnay. I saw a lot of beautiful flowers today. The Spanish man who is walking the Saint-Jacques Compostelle is also staying here and was at the same accommodation as myself last night. Trouble is he speaks Spanish, obviously, and French - I speak neither!Read more

    • Überwintern im Süden 2022/23
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      Day 2

      Lac du Der..., der was?

      November 18, 2022 in France ⋅ 🌧 9 °C

      Ganz gemütlich ging es in südwestlicher Richtung durch Frankreich. So bald wir über die Grenze sind, änderte sich das Aussehen der Häuser, Ortschaften und Straße. Der leichte Shabby-Schick, die verwitterten Holzläden vor den Fenstern und die engen Gassen, gefallen uns immer wieder gut...nicht so aufgeräumt und auf Kniff 😊

      Es ging schön über Land und wer uns kennt, weiß, dass wir Autobahnen meiden und stattdessen lieber kleine Straßen und Sträßchen fahren. Wir sehen so viel mehr von der Landschaft und den Dörfern. Und das manchmal auch zwangsläufig, da viele Strecken über 3,5 t gesperrt sind. Vorbei an viel, viel Land, über lauschige Kanäle, hatten wir den Etang du Der anvisiert ,um dort auf einer Landzunge zu übernachten.... Du Der, was denn DER ? DES WENIGEN Wassers! Auch in France hat Dürre geherrscht , der See ist fast leer und verlandet, was aber eine Unzahl an Vögeln nicht hindert, hier zu rasten. Der Ausblick und das Abendrot waren trotzdem sehr schön . Später kam noch unser lieber Freund Kurt dazu, der ab jetzt mit uns weiterreisen wird.      Read more

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    • Carmel CarlsenVia Francigena - part 1
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      Day 35

      Day 32 - Drosnay to Villeret

      May 22, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      The forecast for today was fog, and it remained hazy and overcast all day - though surprisingly warm. I rejoined the Path at Outlines, which meant I missed a stage of the VF, but I'll have to live with that - no accommodation means I can't do the walking. Not far from Outlines, I got off track reasonably badly. I was encouraged in my error by way markers that indicated I was on the right path! I didn't twig when the way markers told me to go left when I'd expected a right hand turn (I've been wrong on that score before) but I did twig when I saw, in the distance, the Spanish man doing the Saint-Jacques Compostelle, whose end point today was completely different from mine! I back tracked, closely following the VF app, and was not surprised that I'd missed the turn. The 'track' was just an impression of one filled with waist high grass! I heard rustling as I made my way down it, but you don't feel the same trepidation as you do in the long grass in Australia; anything that bites you here isn't likely to kill you. At the bottom, the grass now at chest height, I had a frog pond on my left, a creek straight ahead, and my VF app telling me to take an invisible path to the right! I forged on and came across a beaten down track, obviously made by other pilgrims in the same boat. Eventually, the grass now at head height, I found an 'official' VF way marker with the path much clearer ahead. It just shows you how important local land owner support for the VF can be as I came across another section of the path, later on, which had been nicely mown. Anyway, I made it to Villeret safe and sound, and to my delight, I am sleeping in a teenie, tiny house tonight - my very first. My hosts will be delivering my evening meal and breakfast for tomorrow shortly: heaven! As you can see, I visited a lot of what they call 1/2 timbered churches today - all historical monuments.Read more

    • TravelerOne Year
      Day 40

      Lac du Der

      April 24, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Nach einem zugegeben sehr langen Fahrtag sind wir am Lac du Der gelandet. Der Stausee ist in etwa mit dem Brombachsee im Altmühltal zu vergleichen. Ein See der auf Tourismus ausgelegt ist und sicher als Trinkwasserspeicher und zur Stromerzeugung genutzt wird.

      Frankreich bietet vielseitige Landschaften, Schlösser, vieles anderes und freundliche Menschen.

      Wir haben auf unserer bisherigen Reise nicht einmal an der Oberfläche gekratzt.      Read more

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    • TravelerIberische Halbinsel 2023
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      Day 1

      Lac du Der

      March 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

      Unser erster Übernachtungsplatz nach 555km Fahrstrecke liegt am Lac du Der, dem größten Stausee Frankreichs. Rund um den riesengroßen See gibt es fünf Womo-Stellplätze, wir haben den gewählt, der nahe unserer Route liegt. Der ruhige Stellplatz mitten in der Natur hat keine Parzellierung, sodass wir ohne Probleme angehängt parken können.

      Wir spazieren zum Yachthafen, in dem zur Zeit nur wenige Boote liegen, aber die überall laufenden Hochdruckreiniger kündigen die nahende Saison an.

      Es sind bei angenehmen 21 Grad viele Spaziergänger am Seeufer unterwegs... sicherlich wird es in der Saison megavoll hier.

      Morgen fahren wir weiter Richtung Bordeaux, mal schauen, wie weit wir kommen.      Read more

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    • TravelerVia Francigena
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      Day 36

      Stage 27: Vitry-le-François to Saint-Rem

      May 16, 2023 in France

      Stage 27: Vitry-le-François to Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont

      Danielle is joining me for two stages. We took it very slow, walking through many, many fields. No rain, so we even sat down for a picnic….by a field, of course.

      Saint-Remy-en-Bouzemont is a tiny hamlet. We are staying a donativo. No hot water, and no bedding, but comfy otherwise.      Read more

    • TravelerRoadtrip Spanien Portugal
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      Day 13–15

      Lac du Der-Chantecoq

      December 8, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      Unser zweiter Stop in Frankreich führte uns an den größten Stausee des Landes, der bei Wassersportlern und Naturfreunden bekannt und im Sommer wahrscheinlich ein sehr beliebtes Ausflugsziel ist.

      Jetzt im Dezember ist von dem See nicht viel zu sehen (von November bis März wird das Wasser abgelassen), vorallem nicht bei Dauerregen und Nebel 🫣

      Dennoch bleiben wir zwei Nächte, versuchen dem Regen (es regnete den ganzen Tag) zu trotzen und enden am Ende doch in einem großen Einkaufszentrum wo wir Robert mit neuen wasserdichten Schuhen und Regenhosen ausstatten. Nun sind wir alle drei für das nasse Wetter ausgerüstet.

      Das Fernglas haben wir dann doch noch vergessen, weshalb wir in Paris noch einmal den bekannten französischen Outdoorladen ansteuern werden. Beim nächsten Besuch können wir nun auch die Kraniche am See beobachten. 👀

      Bei unserer Weiterfahrt durfte ich meine ersten 500 Meter mit Anhänger fahren. 🥳      Read more

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    • TravelerVia @ 70
      Day 21

      Saint-Germain-la-Ville 17 miles

      August 2, 2023 in France ⋅ 🌬 20 °C

      Met my Glaswegian pilgrim over breakfast. Have to say her trailer looks grand. If I had to pull a trailer for 2,000 miles along roads it would be the one I would choose. It’s just that I wouldn’t ever want to do that. Most of you think I am not quite the full shilling doing my walk but believe me I am not even in the same ball-park as this one. It is difficult to know where to start but the obvious one is she pretty much has to go on roads. Very few paths are a good enough surface for the trailer. When walking on roads perceived wisdom is one walks facing the oncoming traffic so that, if required, one can try and get off the road very quickly. Sometimes barriers, walls, hedges etc make this well-nigh impossible but one does one’s best. With a trailer that would not be possible so she walks on the other side of the road. Effectively acting like a very slow, and relatively wide, bike. Completely trusting traffic coming up behind her to take avoiding action. Not for me. Have to say it has worked for her so far and she did walk down from Glasgow. The bit that really tickles me though is she works as a Health and Safety consultant.

      My closing thought before turning in last night was that the charges in the chamber d’hote were 55€ for a single room or 70€ for a double. We could each have saved 20€ if we had shared a room. Maybe next time.

      Very wet morning walk along beside the canal so we decided to walk together and blether. Did make for a very pleasant change from Desert Island Discs I have to say. Arrived in Chalons-en-Champagne in time for a late lunch and we ended up in an African restaurant for chicken and rice. Very nice too. Think it might be just about my first proper lunch on this trip. Parted company after lunch as she was staying the night there whereas I had another 6 or 7 miles to go.

      Afternoon spent in sun, walking along beside the canal, with 45-50mph gusting wind blowing through the trees the other side of me from the canal. Leaves and bits of tree constantly being blown down. Felt really wild. A couple of trees had fallen and there were already wood-cutters at work to clear the path. Was feeling quite apprehensive when suddenly a tree seemed to fall on to me. Sent me flying, landing on one hip and my back which was protected by the rucksack but luckily the tree had actually fallen against another tree and it was only some branches that had taken me out. Heck of a fright though and I still had 4 or 5 miles to walk staring up at the trees in case of a repeat.

      Arrived at the next village, found the chambre d’hote and discovered that although they can do evening meals they needed to have been booked in advance. No-where else available so thank goodness I got that lunch. Could really do with some chocolate though. Hey ho. Roll on breakfast.      Read more

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