Walk Wednesday 22 April 2026
The first organized walk in 2026 was a gentle saunter from the Place de l’Eglise in Divonne les Bains, along the riverside walk and up to the Pavillon de Golf at Divonne Golf Course. In all about 1.5km each way with a height difference of about 50m.
The walkers, John Burley, Jeff Crudgington, Gary Vanatter, Robert O’Riordan, David Colledge and Mark Warren were joined for the lunch by Norman Eatough and Brian Allardyce.
Walk Wednesday 27 May 2026
John Burley organized this walk of 5.5km on the agricultural roads around Borex with a negligible height difference but due to back pain issues was only able to join us for the lunch. Consequently, John showed the route to Mark Warren by car and it was he who lead(?) the walkers, Richard Saynor, Ralph Wares, Robert O’Riordan, Rudolf Staehelin and Paul Sochaczewski.
Thankfully there were not too many choices of path and apart from the odd tractor and cyclist we had a tranquil walk trying to identify certain crops and watching rooks, black kites and a buzzard enjoying worms on a recently disturbed field.
We joined Norman Eatough, Dave Gwilliam, Brian Allardyce, Gary Vanatter and a still suffering John Burley for lunch at the restaurant l’Essentiel in Borex. Not everyone appreciated the carpaccio de poulpe on the menu – an alternative was proposed.