Our delightful older daughter left us today to return to Paris. She was to have taken the night train from Briançon tonight, but it was cancelled due to a strike. She left by bus from Les Guibertes this morning instead.
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| Farewell selfie with our delightful older daughter at Les Guibertes |
After her bus left, we walked a short distance down the main road to join up with the GR50, which we intended to follow for most of the way into Briançon. We soon found ourselves going uphill.
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| Going up on the GR50 |
In fact, we went uphill for quite some time.
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| Still on the GR50 |
Eventually, we reached the high point of the day's walk, where the path flattened out to cross a creek. Unfortunately, the recent rains had swollen the creek to such an extent that we considered it unsafe to cross.
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| Shallow but dangerous - fast-flowing water across the GR50 |
Looking down the raging torrent, we saw part of a bridge that had been washed away.
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| We located part of the bridge downstream, but decided not to use it to cross over |
We turned around and retraced our steps.
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| Going back down on the GR50 |
We then navigated our way through a succession of paths to Briançon.
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| On an old cobblestone path |
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| Through a flowery meadow |
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| Alongside a mountain stream |
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| Through a hole in the graffiti wall |
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| By the Guisane River |
After a relatively short day's walk, almost all on quiet paths which we shared with the occasional cyclist or dog-walker, we arrived in Briançon and checked in to our hotel.
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| Tonight's dinner - trout with creamy stinging nettle sauce. Apparently the trout was delicious (the remainder of our group had meat instead). |
Day: 49
Distance: 17.21 km
Walking time: 3hrs 51mins
Elevation gain: 379 metres
Cumulative distance: 1205.88 km
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