Jimney Journal

 Another Sunday, another hiking post! Day 5 has arrived! STATS START: Lons-le-Saunier END: Doucier KM: 29.75km TIME: 5:51:51 I started the day going to Perrigny from Hotel Terminus in Lons-le-Saunier. The first stretch of this led through a lovely park: (Squirrel says hi!)  Followed by some graffiti-decorated underpasses underneath a roadway:     and a bit of logistical difficulty due to Google Maps deciding to send me straight across roads you definitely cannot walk on/at the side of. After about 45minutes I was back on the GR59 and at the *beginning* of the day's trail in Perrigny. (Note: There are GR flags throughout the park as well. These indicate offshoots of the GR59 (559 or 509 but I've seen other numbers as well) that'll usually guide you back to the main GR59 at some point.)  My starting point in Perrigny.   I stopped for breakfast (had been cold-soaking some oats... 😊) then headed to the voie verte. The voie verte is a network of hiking trails ...

Another Sunday, another Jimney Journal post! This one describes Day 4 of my trip on the Échappée Jurasienne. STATS START: Arbois END: Lons-le-Saunier KM: 39.29km TIME: 7:25:18 Another exceptionally long day... and yet I'd planned to do a lot more. The official route of the GR59 goes something like Arbois - Mesnay - Les-Planches-près-Arbois - Pupillin - Poligny - Passenans - Château-Chalon - Perrigny. Due to time constraints and difficulty finding accommodation I decided to skip the entire Mesnay-Les Planches loop and head straight down to Lons-le-Saunier (close to Perrigny). I started out in Arbois and went up the road for a while to a small village called Pupillin. There's a cool little church there and plenty of caves des vins. There were also some signposts and a miniature plot of vineyards describing the different kinds of grapes grown in the region. (Note: As you can see the sky doesn't look too happy on those pictures. This was a worry the entire day. I really didn...