Today was 13 miles and 1,000′ of climbing. Totals are: 161 miles walked and 18,400′ climbed.
Last night, our stay was at a farm; sheep, horses, dogs, the whole bit. It was beautiful,
And we even watched as the owner was training a new sheepdog!
So today we walked back to and across the Rhone, which is now about 160 miles from its source at Lake Geneva!
And at this point, it truly is a mighty river
And now for strange trails!
The path needed to cross another high-speed train track. The only convenient crossing was a well congested highway overcrossing … not a super- safe option.
So, the path led us through an orchard, right up to the highway embankment, that we needed to scramble up … with backpacks.
Once up to the highway, or job was to walk inside of the guardrail to the overpass.
Once we arrived at the overpass itself, we needed to climb over the guardrail towards the street-side and use the small sidewalk that exists, but only for the overpass itself.
Once across that overpass, you need to climb back inside the guardrail (because there’s no longer a sidewalk) and continue down.
And thus, we cross the train tracks!
Actually, they used the self- same method to get us up to and across the bridge crossing the Rhone.
Always an adventure 😁!
Au Revoir
Sounds like quite an adventure today! Not quite like the paths on the Camino française. All the places that you’re staying our place is a Diane found on booking? Diane, you have an amazing gift. (One of many) take a picture of one of the places you stay, and perhaps your room also. Would love to see exactly what kind of accommodation you have. I love you both
Bonjour Willow! Thank you for sticking with us on this journey! The trail is generally very good quality, with these occasional idiosyncrasies 🙂. As we’ve only seen 6 Pilgrims in 2 weeks (versus perhaps hundreds on the Camino Frances in that same timeframe), I guess they can get away with a few extra quirks, here. It’s all the same trail (GR 65), just different stretches of it. Perhaps on our next down day, I’ll talk accommodations (tomorrow). The hiking is strenuous and the restocking is more challenging than previous Caminos, so when I sit down to blog, there’s not a whole lot of “umph” left in the engine. Quisas, mañana, eh? We love you!