I flew from Nice to Geneva this morning and in doing so was able to preview most of our hike - it looks relatively flat from the air! But just over an hour's flying will translate into about a month's hiking! I landed in Geneva and met up with the other three hikers - Rahul (an ex-colleague), Rohan (son of Rahul) and Jill (daughter of another ex-colleague). Onto the train for a scenic ride round Lake Geneva and to the start of the hike at St Gingolph, just on the French / Swiss border. The Tour de France normally starts with the prologue - a very short stage to get things going, and we had decided on a similar approach. The 'obvious' first day would have been a long one and that seemed a daunting way to start the hike. We decided to walk a couple of hours in the cool of the evening to shorten that first day. So after the obligatory photograph of intrepid hikers, we strolled uphill to the Gite le Clozet in Novel. We checked in and had a nice meal and then settled down to our first night on the hike.
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