Have been offline a couple of days, considering options.

After another soggy night on Wednesday, and the prospect of more wet feet and roads I went into town instead (Dieuze). Spent a day considering what I want to do. The conclusion is I don’t want another 3 to 4 weeks of this before the mountains.

The walk is not quite what I was expecting – its all very rural and agricultural rather than wild or interesting. And unlike the USA hikes, there is no “community” around this walk. Only met 1 couple doing a few days on it in the entire month.

Hasn’t been a waste of time. 600 miles in a month has been enough to clear my head, and restore a bit of faith in human nature! And I did get to see some bits of Europe I wouldn’t otherwise have visited.

To finish with a quote from Forrest Gump….”I’m pretty tired. I think I’ll go home now”.

(P.S. I can’t feel one of my toes now. Hopefully short term)

Day 32 – 20 miles to ??

Dead flat all day. To make a change, almost no forest. However, no difference in the damp sleeping arrangements.

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Day 31 – 21 miles to Vic-sur-Seille

(Tue 29th. No data connection tonight – it says “H+”, whatever that means. What it does mean is that when you try to upload a picture it fails).

A similar day to yesterday, perhaps a bit more road and a bit less forest.

Continue reading “Interesting Navigation” →

Day 30 – 20 miles to Blanzey

Despite few hills, today has been a hard day.

It started damp, had a bit of a dry spell, got very wet and I predict a damp and unpleasant night.

Continue reading “Character Building” →

Day 29 – 21 miles to Martincourt

Today turned out not to be about the walking. We’ll get that over with first. A long slog today. Lots of very straight, very long forest tracks or farm tracks. And not often going south.

Continue reading “Day of Reflection” →