{"id":707,"date":"2018-10-05T17:12:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T16:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=707"},"modified":"2021-12-02T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:55:32","slug":"day-30-chalindrey-to-champlitte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Day 30 Chalindrey to Champlitte – 30th June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Distance: 25.2 km \u2013 Elevation +140 m -230 m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weather: <\/strong>Sunny. Temperature: High 29 degrees<\/p>\n

I had slept well in this quirky B&B where the ceiling beams in my bedroom were at such an angle I had to be very careful not to bang my head when I rose from the bed ! A good breakfast was waiting for me when I arrived in the dining room at 7.30am; well fed and having said goodbye to my host I started on my walk to Champlitte, a small town with a population of around 1750 inhabitants. My walk today will be close to 26 kilometres.<\/p>\n

Leaving the town I walked along the D136 a quiet country road<\/p>\n

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It was a warm day again with temperatures increasing throughout the day, reaching above 30 degrees, so I was glad to reach a point after two hours walking, where the path turned through a shady forest.<\/p>\n

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The gps track then took a strange path, clearly shown on the map, but less defined in practice !<\/p>\n

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the shade of the forest was soon lost as the path came to open fields of golden wheat<\/p>\n

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Other than the odd car I had not seen another human being since leaving the B&B this morning. It was an extraordinary beautiful day with wide open views towards the village of Rivieres Le Bois and then on to Maatz and Coublanc. I arrived in Coublanc around midday where I sat for a while for a lunchtime snack. My foot was fine for the first few hours but was now beginning to ache so I took a single tablet of Ibrufen which helped to reduce the pain for the rest of my days walk.<\/p>\n

After Coublanc the route followed the D122 through open farmland resplendent in the afternoon sun<\/p>\n

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I was now in the department of Haute-Sa\u00f4ne and when passing through Leffond I found the “Fontaine Saint Jean” which was close to church of Saint John the Baptist. I took the opportunity to rest my foot in the cold waters running from the spring<\/p>\n

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The walk from Leffonds continued through beautiful countryside and now, not too distant from Champlitte I began to think about where I was to sleep tonight – I had not reserved anywhere with the intention of calling into the tourist office for assistance. Around 3 pm, approximately 1.5 kilometres from Champlitte I passed a campsite<\/p>\n

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I walked on but remembering reading another pilgrim’s blog I decided to call in to see if they had a bed for the night. What a friendly greeting I received, I was made to feel very welcome and after a brief discussion, I was taken to my bed for the night which cost the princely sum of 10 euros<\/p>\n

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It had been a beautiful day, long and hot, and I was so happy to be able to take my boots off and relax with a cold beer in the shade outside my one man caravan – everyone on site was so friendly, even the camp cat came to visit me.<\/p>\n

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Whilst sitting and thinking about my day I saw another pilgrim arriving at the campsite – it was Jean-Pierre. the French pilgrim I had met in Langres and later we met and enjoyed supper together in the campsite restaurant and bar.<\/p>\n

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