Nearly two years ago, I wrote (here) about one of the long distance trails (the grandes randonnées) that transects central Paris (see the Red 1 Trail below). This past summer, I completed another of these hikes through Paris, the Blue 2 Trail above. The full trail is...
France has an amazing network of walking and hiking trails in every corner of the country. Map from FFRandonnée's site (scroll to bottom of this page for a zoomable map) These trails range from short circuits to multi-week hikes. The trails are extremely well-marked...
Last fall, I shared the news that I have embarked on a new project, hiking the 1,000-or-so mile coastline of Brittany. The first weekend in November, I hiked the first three days of the GR34, starting in Vitré, just east of Rennes, passing through Fougères, and...
Never heard of Sark (or Sercq, as the French say)? You are probably not alone. Most people, even those living in France or the UK, have never heard of this small island in the English Channel off the Normandy coast. Although it boasts a status of 4th largest island in...
In the interior of Finistère, Brittany, about 20 miles south of Morlaix and hidden in the Parc d’Armorique, you will find the small town of Huelgoat and its bizarre landscape. Hundreds of huge, moss-covered boulders cover the floor of the Huelgoat's forest, just...
Tomorrow I am starting my 1,000 mile hike! There. It's out there, so now I have to follow through. The GR34 in the Morbihan No, I'm not doing all 1,000 miles at once. Little by little. One day or one weekend at a time. It may take a year, though more likely three to...
If you've been following my blog for any length of time, you know that I am a big fan of (obsessed with?) France's long distance trail system (the grandes randonnées). I completed Corsica's breathtaking GR20 in 2009 and 2011, and have walked a number of segments of...
This summer, I started using MapMyRun.com. I had used it in the past to "map my run" but it had not occurred to me before this summer to use this tool for mapping my walks as well. This is the circuit I made, clockwise My first guinea pig was a walk in the Séné...
I tried out two new circuit trails today. Neither are new at all. In fact both send you part of the way on old dirt tracks that were used centuries ago. But they were new to me! As usual, my bible is FFRandonnée's Topo-guide to the Morbihan. I cannot say enough about...
This is part of my series on ideas for day hikes in Brittany's southern department of the Morbihan. Please also see my earlier posts on Île-aux-Moines, Île d'Arz, Île de Houat and Île d'Hoëdic, Quiberon's Côte Sauvage, Port-Navalo and Locmariaquer and 2 Circuits in Le...
