Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Day 9 - Refuge de la Balme to Landry - Descent to the Isere

I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep, so I got up to read. The gardienne made me a pre-breakfast coffee and chatted a bit - this really is a good hut! After our breakfast, we headed out for a long, mostly gradual descent to the Isere valley. The walking was very pleasant until we reached the valley, then we had a bit of a slog along it to Landry. 

Tomorrow will be our second rest day, but Landry isn't very interesting, so we are going into Bourg Saint Maurice (often just called Bourg), a decent sized town. There is only 6km between the two places but we intend to get there by train, or bus or taxi. We arrive at Landry station, which is completely deserted; but a monitor seems to indicate that a bus will arrive and take us to Bourg. Amazingly, that's exactly what happens - the bus arrives, the driver seems amazed to see anyone at Landry station and takes us into Bourg.

In town we find good food, a decent hotel and everything we need for a decent rest day. My feet are looking forward to it!


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