In the absence of our illustrious leader, I proposed an inclusive, gentle hike from La Givrine to La Cure via Les Coppettes with a return to La Givrine possible by train. The hike was estimated to be 6km with a 200m climb.
Six hardy young old men responded positively to the invitation: Chris N., David C., Nathan F., Richard S., Rudolf S. and Stephen L. Météo Suisse kindly cooperated and the weather was lovely for the whole day.
Having estimated a 2 hour hike with a half-hour refreshment pause the 9:45 departure would have brought us to the restaurant at 12:15. The hiker’s enthusiasm, however, exceeded expectations and the group progressed so rapidly that we were forced to extend our refreshment pause to avoid arriving too early at the restaurant.
On the way down we stopped to pay our respects to our beloved restaurant, Chez Mamac, that was destroyed by a fire in January, 2025. Not much remains.
We had lunch at the restaurant Le Franco Suisse in La Cure well known for the fact that the restaurant lies astride the Suisse-French border.
At the restaurant as we settled in at our table and ordered our libations we had the very pleasant surprise to see Mervyn appear and join us for lunch.
The consensus after lunch was that the restaurant’s location was really its only interesting aspect.
During the ensuing discussions it became obvious that certain expedition members had not found the hike nearly strenuous enough. So, except for 2 who had engagements and gladly accepted a lift in Mervyn’s car, we decided to return to the Givrine car park on foot.
It was a very pleasant outing in good company.
The stats. for the round trip are: 9.6km with a 230m climb.
