The Doubs 1 1

June 10th – sixth day

Start: Brémoncourt (F), on the Doubs; finish: Biaufond
Total distance: 39,0 km , of which 12 by bicycle
Walking and cycling time: 8 hours 30 minutes
Vertical distance: 1020 m uphill, 930 downhill

In the morning I felt very weak and I started the climb of 450 m in the forest very slowly.  Gradually, I felt better, I passed the remote village of Epiquerez and after four hours I was able to cross the Doubs again on the Clairbief footbridge and meet up with Sally and Neil at the Moulin Jeannotat, whose restaurant unfortunately closed 3 years ago.  A few kilometres by bicycle took me to Goumois, well known to kayakers, for a well appreciated soup, and then on to Le Theusseret.  From there, Neil and I hiked for hours on tedious stony forest roads that climbed much too high above the Doubs.

Overnight: La Maison Monsieur, Biaufond

Photos:

1. The Clairbief footbridge
2. The bridge at Goumois.  The border is at the beginning of the bridge, on the Swiss side – see “Frontier stories”, no. 2