Daily Archives: 9 June 2015

June 9th – fifth day

Start: Es Bouenes (Les Bornes), north of Bure; finish: Brémoncourt (F), on the Doubs
Total distance: 43,1 km
Walking time: 10 hours 30 minutes
Vertical distance: 1420 m uphill, 1560 downhill

It was Sally’s turn to have an upset stomach but she still managed to drive me to the day’s starting point.  Neil was unable to wake up, so I left alone.  And during more than 10 hours walking, I met nobody except one group of noisy French, about 15 elderly people, no doubt an old age pensioners’ outing!  Then the whole countryside seemed to have been emptied of its inhabitants – large farms where one could see farm animals but no humans, deserted villages, customs buildings closed up (yesterday we saw one with a “for sale” sign on it!).  This must be one of the forgotten parts of Switzerland.

Cloudy all day, wind, fog, in fact ideal for walking.  Many obstacles, including countless barbed wire fences (especially on the Swiss side) and again paths marked on the maps but which are no longer there!

Night: Le Chandelier, St-Ursanne