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Stevenson

   

IN FRANCE

TEASER  Chemin de Stevenson GR 70 du Puy en Velay à Alès, sentier de randonnée GR 70,France

In 1878, the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson crossed the Cévennes on foot from the village of Monastier sur Gazeille in the department of Haute-Loire, to Saint Jean du Gard with his donkey Modestine. They both walked slowly for 12 days over nearly 220 km.He is a pioneer of itinerant walking. Some even say he invented the first sleeping bag.

 

Inspired by Stevenson's atypical journey, I set off to follow in his footsteps in July 2020 during the health crisis linked to the coronavirus, while waiting to be able to resume my way to Compostela where I had left it in Spain.

 

Follow me for this new adventure in a still preserved nature. I lengthened the route a bit, starting from Puy-en-Velay to reach the town of Alès 10 days later.

 

To make you want to follow the path of Robert Louis Stevenson, I present to you a short extract from his famous book "Voyage avec un âne dans les Cévennes": 

 

"As for me, I travel not to go somewhere, but to walk. I travel for the pleasure of travelling. The important thing is to move, to experience more closely the necessities and embarrassments of life, to leave the soft bed of civilization, to feel under my feet the earthly granite and the scattered flints with their cutting edges. But keeping a bundle on a packsaddle against a gale from the icy north is not a quality activity, but it does help to occupy and build character. the present shows so many demands, who can care about the future?

 

Robert Louis Stevenson

"The important thing is not the destination, but the trip itself"

Buen camino :-)

Lionel de Compostelle

MY STAGES FROM PUY EN VELAY / ALES

10 DAYS OF WALKING / APPROXIMATELY

270 KILOMETERS

 

1- Puy-en-Velay / Le Monastier sur Gazeille

Department of Haute-Loire, about 22 km.

2- Le Monastier sur Gazeille / Le Bouchet Saint-Nicolas, Haute-Loire, about 24 km.

3- Le Bouchet Saint-Nicolas / Langogne

Department of Lozère, about 27 km.

4- Langogne / Luc

Department of Lozère, about 29 km.

5- Luc / Chasserades

Department of Lozère, about 28 km.

6- Chasserades / Le Bleymard Mont-Lozère

Department of Lozère, about 24 km.

7- Le Bleymard Mont-Lozère / Florac

Department of Lozère, about 32 km.

8- Florac / Cassagnas

Department of Lozère, about 24 km.

9- Cassagnas / Saint-Jean-du-Gard

Department of Gard, about 33 km.

10- Saint-Jean-du-Gard / Ales

Department of Gard, about 27 km.

 

 

 

In order to better estimate the distances   and the differences in height, click on the following link to obtain all the GPS tracks (in GPX format) To view and follow my different hiking routes, then download the free Wikiloc application on your smartphone.

For a first glimpse of Stevenson's path in pictures, click on the video below. To see more photos, then go to the shared landscape gallery .

FILM COMPLET sur le chemin de Stevenson du Puy en Velay à Alès, sentier de randonnée GR 70, France

Stevenson way

seen from the sky

VUE DU CIEL COMPLETE du chemin de Stevenson du Puy en Velay à Alès, sentier de randonnée GR 70, France
VUE DU CIEL 1, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, du Puy en Velay à Monastier sur Gazaeille, France
VUE DU CIEL 2, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, du Monastier sur Gazaeille au Bouchet Saint Nicolas, France
VUE DU CIEL 3, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Bouchet Saint Nicolas à Langogne, France
VUE DU CIEL 4, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Langogne à Luc, France
VUE DU CIEL 5, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Luc à Chabalier Chasseradès, France
VUE DU CIEL 6, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Chabalier Chasseradès à Mont Lozère le Bleymard, France
VUE DU CIEL 7, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, du Mont Lozère le Bleymard à  Pont de Montvert, France
VUE DU CIEL 8, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Pont de Montvert à Florac, France
VUE DU CIEL 9, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Florac à Saint Germain de Calberte, France
VUE DU CIEL 10, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Saint Germain de Calberte à Saint-Jean du Gard, France
VUE DU CIEL 11, Chemin de Stevenson GR 70, de Saint-Jean du Gard à Alès, France

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Buen camino !!! Lionel de Compostelle

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