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Week 54 - Prémian to Soumont
July 16th to 22nd 2023
- Day 372: July 16th: Prémian to Lac de Vezoles - 12 km
Clin d'oeil pour mon père.
12 km done for a total of 4738 + 12 = 4750 km
- Day 373: July 17th: Lac de Vezoles to The top of the mountain after le refuge des Bourdils - 17 km
We are extremely lucky to have found this source at the refuge de Campblanc...after this there were no rivers, fountain or source for the next 16km.
We've completed the stretch of the GR77 running from Olonzac to Le lac de Vezoles and are now switching to the GR7...We'll be following this one for a while until Roanne (with a deviation to Marvejols in order to visit my friend Sophie). It looks like a quite challenging trail going up and down mountains. This might slow us down to 2km/hour. We hope we could still reach the Loire on time to do the kayaking part of our adventures in september...
A number to remember for the perfect off-the-grid getaway..les Bourdils...they even provide a guitar
Got the throne...royal!
17 km done for a total of 4750 + 17 = 4767 km
- Day 374: July 18th: The top of the mountain after Les Bourdils to Douch - 12 km
Meeting 3 hiking ladies Odile, Jeanine et Claire, who are heading to the Bourdils refuge...they gave us the name of a good restaurant in the next city: la petite abbaye in Lamalou les bains. Apparently they serve delicious moules gratinees.
Very challenging hike today with steep slopes uphill and downhill: the trail was just a succession of rocky/unstable/wobbly ground and tricky staircases. We progressed quite slowly towards Heric which was 10km away from our bivouac place this morning. We ran out of food after breakfast and thought we could reach the little snack/bar in Heric for lunchtime...we actually arrived exhausted and starving just half an hour before their closing hour at 7pm...The owner must have felt so happy since we ordered 6 sandwiches at the end of their working day.
12 km done for a total of 4767 + 12 = 4779 km
- Day 375: July 19th: Douch to Lamalou- les-Bains - 17 km
Combes
17 km done for a total of 4779 + 17 = 4796 km
- Day 376: July 20th: Lamalou-les-Bains to Boussagues - 12 km
12 km done for a total of 4796 + 12 = 4808 km
- Day 377: July 21st: Boussagues to Somewhere past Saint Amans chapel - 19 km
A place which must feel very sweet to live in, I presume?
Dio's castel.
19 km done for a total of 4808 + 19 = 4827 km
- Day 378: July 22nd: Somewhere past Saint Amans chapel to Soumont - 16 km
Lodeve
The climb has been difficult this time...we sweated so much that even our pants and underwears got wet...and, when we sat briefly on the side of the road for a quick break, Casey left the print of his cheeks.
16 km done for a total of 4827 + 16 = 4843 km