Our first 2015 travel challenge is a nine day walk. For the past two or three months we have walked daily and we have improved our fitness. The idea being to extend ourselves just a little further than we did for our last walk in France during 2013. By that we mean that we have designed our own walk, based on the Grandes Randonnees (GR) system, aiming to walk from near Brives in the Correze to near Angouleme in the Charente, a distance of almost 200 kms. We expect this will take just eight days plus one day rest/backup.
We have made our own maps and booked our own accommodation. And, as we did for our 2004 walk along the Chemin, we plan to carry all we need for the walk with us, leaving our other baggage at the start point.
Along the way we will pass the Grotte de Lascaux (Cro-magnon man), Rouffignac (Nazi atrocity), Perigueux (food), Bourdeilles (chateau), Brantome (Venice of the Dordogne) and Dignac (more food).
But first we will complete our training with a few days in Paris. We think that it will help to settle us down after the long flight from home.
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