Getting about in the hills on foot and by cycle.

We arrived on an afternoon train to Landry in wet weather. All a bit gloomy when we sought out a place to pitch our tent and where the soggy ground conditions told us that a fair amount of rain had fallen recently. We were about to follow the GR55 route that can be followed through to Modane and where there would be trains coming through the tunnel from Italy.....ideal for us to get back to Geneva for our return on the Easy Jet service to Edinburgh.  The GR55 can be used as a more direct route as part of the GR5 trail that links Lac Leman to the Mediterranean. The following morning with rain still falling we  decided to head up to a camping site Le Lanchettes, close to the Refuge at Rosuel, and wait for a change in the conditions. After a couple of days the clouds parted and revealed the white covering of the terrain to where we would be walking.                                  ...

The Mare a Mare Nord route. Entre mer et montagne. When arriving in Nice I get drawn to the view over the city from high point above the harbour.... La colline de Chateau. A fine area to visit when waiting for the afternoon ferry to Bastia.  Space away from the crowds and with a fine waterfall probably engineered. The jumble of a Mediterranean town. Prior to making it to Moriani for the start of this walk we, having arrived in Calvi, decided to walk the first few stages of the GR20 via the camping at the refuges of  d'Ortu di u Piobbu, Carozzu and at  Haut Asco. Then after a visit to Monti Cintu we made our way down  and out to Bastia by train .  Then bus down the East Coast to Moriani for the start of the walk. Leaving the East coast above Moriani where we camped for the night after taking the bus from Bastia. Looking down upon San Nicolao. On the days when it is clear for viewing out eastwards  into the Tyrrhenienne sea there a...