Uphill to the Sea
A walk through the Alpes-Maritimes to the Mediterranean Coast
General information about the area FranceBeyond (including ProvenceBeyond). Links on the home page to specific Provence topics – villages, history, sport, etc. Good place to start your research. ProvenceWeb – Alpes-Maritimes villages Haut Pays de Nice (one-man site) Portail Vésubien … Continue reading →
Route details and statistics The GR52a skirts the edge of the Mercantour National Park starting at Colmars (04 Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) in the valley of the Verdon, then heading east, south-east, and north-east to the Col de Tende (06 Alpes-Maritimes) in the … Continue reading →
22 – 23 April 2005 First down My route plan showed this was going to be our hardest day – 800 metres of ascent, but a knee-wrecking 2000 metres of downhill. By now we were used to finding fallen trees … Continue reading →
20 – 21 April 2005 Prêt à Manger La-Bollène-Vésubie has a Post Office open every day, Monday to Saturday. From 1000 to 1130. There was one food shop, but it was closed when we went up into the village at … Continue reading →
18 – 19 April 2005 Introduction The soft green glow from the backlight of my watch showed me the time – 1.16 in the morning. I’d been in bed since before ten, and just woken for a moment. As I … Continue reading →
Flims – Elm, 6 September 2003 This post is part of the story of a three-day walk in south-east Switzerland. See this article for the main story. The Segnas Hut (Camona da Segnas) We started by getting the bus from … Continue reading →
The Big Walk Across Switzerland On 31 August 2003 our son Jonathan arrived in Val Müstair in the east of Switzerland, close to the Italian border. This was the start of a walk across Switzerland which took him via Zurich, … Continue reading →