Surprise, Cécile arrived this morning with Sylvan and Guillaume, Charlotte and Françoise. So, we’re a big party this year. This morning we brought down the horses that we will be riding along with one or two reserves. We then saddled up and went for an hour out along the river towards Porte Puymorens; a little [...]
Dec 242011
Dec 242011
I arrived at Porte Puymorens to be met by… nobody! I decided to wait a short while but after ten minutes decided to begin to walk. It is about 20 minutes and all downhill so it was not too much of a problem. There is snow – a reasonable amount – but in l’Hospitalet près [...]
Dec 242011
It is 04:24 and we have just arrived at Toulouse-Matabiau. Another three hours to Porte Puymorens. I felt aware of being awake a lot but the train has emptied itself a little during the night so I think I may even have missed a couple of stops! The train wil be split up here: three [...]
Dec 242011
Well, that was slightly nail biting! The Thalys arrived some forty minutes late in Paris; then a Dutch woman and her son had the greatest trouble in getting tickets for the train to Poissy which delayed even more (not her fault, by the way), and then the Metro line 5 takes a good 15 minutes [...]
So, I’m on my way again. It’s Transhumance time… Everything well planned; train times worked out so that my connections were easy and not rushed. And here I am in Brussels, just two hours travelling time from home and they announce that “due to problems with the catenary, our train is subject to delays, the [...]
