Daily Archives: 8 June 2015

June 8th – fourth day:

Start: in the forest east of Bonfol;  finish: Les Bornes, north of  Bure
Total distance: 33,8 km, of which 4 by bicycle
Walking time: 7 hours 30 minutes
Vertical distance: 820 m uphill, 730 downhill

Taken to the starting point by Sally.  Two Swiss foresters told us that all the fallen trees were due to a thunderstorm last Friday (the same one we had in Hofstetten-Flüh).  Overcast, so not so hot.  Neil and I started slowly as neither was feeling too well.  All day, a lot of beautiful forest paths, but also some cultivated fields that were difficult to cross or go around.  We took 5 hours to reach Boncourt for a drink, then I bicycled across the valley to the motorway frontier crossing, and continued alone the last 2 hours.  Early on, met a friendly French walker, who turned out to have been an experienced skier and alpinist in his time (see photo).

Night:  Le Chandelier, St-Ursanne