Author Archives: Tom and Julie

We were taken aback to be told when we checked in last night that the hotel restaurant would be closed tonight and the wifi was likely to go down because the hotel would be full. In fact, we were the only guests at breakfast this morning and the hotel still appears to be quite empty. […]

At last, a shorter day! This set of 5 days walking since our last rest day in Orbe has been very physically demanding, with three long days and one excessively long day, so we’re very much looking forward to a shorter walk today and doing very little tomorrow. Filled rolls and oranges bought, we walked […]

The hotel restaurant produced one of the best meals we have had so far, with an entree of smoked perch salad followed by rainbow trout cooked in butter. Both perch and trout were farmed locally. We slept very well. After breakfast we followed the road down through extensive vineyards into Aigle, which will be hosting […]

We were still quite tired this morning, despite having a quiet room at the back of the hotel, and slow getting going. First task was to find somewhere to have breakfast, and we settled on a cafe across the square. We also needed food for lunch and went in search of boulangerie and supermarket, both […]

Cheseaux appears to be a dormitory for Lausanne, and is not a very interesting place, either to walk in and out of, or to be in. But our chambre d’hote was very comfortable and we had a quiet room at the back. Unfortunately supper wasn’t available as it was the hosts’ night off but we […]

Yesterday we were joined by two other pilgrims Robert and Marc from Amersfoort in the Netherlands, the first we’ve encountered and been able to share our experiences with, which was lovely. Overnight we had a huge thunderstorm with torrential rain which seemed to go on for most of the night. It cooled the air, but […]

Our landlord recommended a Japanese restaurant for supper last night, though it was probably more accurately described as asiatic, but it turned out to be pretty good. We got a bit lost getting to it, but from the old city walls could see the expansive industrial area around the old town. The biggest employer here […]

AU REVOIR LA FRANCE, BIENVENUE LA SWISSE! Today, after 45 days walking in France, we crossed the frontier into Switzerland. Two countries done; two countries to go! Secondly, according to our calculations, Jougne marks the half way point of our total journey from Salisbury to Rome – 1210km of our estimated 2420km total distance to […]

We managed to find a restaurant for supper not too far away from the youth hostel last night. As it was still drizzling we were glad not to have to walk far. Overnight it rained so heavily we were woken by the sound of drumming on the metal roof above our room. In the morning […]

There was still no sign of anyone running the hotel this morning, and therefore no chance of getting breakfast, so we returned to the epicerie for coffee and croissants. Stuart then left us to walk up over the hill into the adjacent valley where the railway will take him to Dijon to pick up the […]