![]() When we reached the Canal de Berry at Vallon-en-Sully, the weather was very hot and we decided to have a break in St-Amand-Montrond, a town that we had stayed in before and loved. ![]() The rest of the walk was generally westward, through rich agricultural land punctuated by classic small towns such as St-Pourçain-sur-Sioule and Hérisson. There we left the canal and headed south-west via Autun to join the Loire at Digoin. We followed this river north as far as St-Jean-de-Losne, where we turned onto the Canal of Burgundy and continued beside it to Dijon and on to Pont d’Ouche. Starting close to the Swiss border at St-Julien-en-Genevois, we spent a few days crossing the rugged Jura mountains and then pressed on to the Saône near Pont-de-Vaux. You can also see this map using Google Earth and take a virtual flight along our route.Ī daily diary of our 33-day, 750 km walk from east to west across France. Once in le Puy we still had time to spare, so as a last flourish we did a two-day circular outing via St-Paulien. ![]() However fate had other ideas and we only got as far as Diou, just short of Digoin, when we had to call the whole thing off because of a mysterious leg problem.įive days later the problem went away (although the mystery remained), so we caught a train to Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, leapfrogging the middle section of our planned walk, and proceeded from there to le Puy at a leisurely pace with no further dramas. We started walking in Burgundy, setting off from Clamecy on the Canal du Nivernais, and walking south along the canal to its final junction with the lateral canal of the Loire at Decize.Īfter that our intention was to follow the lateral canal to Digoin, then head east through Macon and Bourg-en-Bresse before crossing the Jura mountains to Geneva, where we would join the Way of Geneva going to le Puy. I expected we’d stay a few minutes but instead we stayed well over an hour.A daily diary of our 26-day, 550 km walk, which was in two parts although we did not plan it that way. The walls and ramparts of the castle are intact and thanks to renovations over the past 20 years, it’s remarkably intact. See the great hall, the kitchen and everything else as you tour. There is also a Renaissance staircase and rooms adorned in Renaissance style. You get a better understanding of life in a medieval castle by visiting. The exhibit on Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, Richard the Lionheart, was excellent. We paid 23 Euro for two to enter and at first I thought that was expensive, but it was in fact a bargain. ![]() Note: look for other ways to get to Chateau Parking. Others drove the narrow streets but my rental SUV would have have had a hard time fitting. We parked at the foot of town in P1 and walked the steep incline to the Chateau. Its strategic location above the Dordogne is immediately apparent. This is one of the most complete small Medieval castles in Europe, and is worth a detour.
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