Hiking Section Ententes Cordially

The CH and FR sub-sections of the GIN hiking group enjoyed a memorable re-encounter in a socially-distancing summit entente-cordial among the flowers at the border high in the Jura last week. Leader Rob was missing with an Achilles excuse (g.w.s. Rob). A team of 5 from CH meandered up from Givrine over La Dole for the rendezvous, meeting 3 from FR. There followed warm greetings in warm sun, a fabulous Lac Leman view to a peerless Mt Blanc, sandwich lunch washed down with plenty of red wine, and much chatting with lockdown news to catch up on. We parted each to our ways, CH retreating back over La Dole and continued over the Pointe de Poèle Chaud and the Pointe de Fin Chateau, before descending on a gentle path back through the glades to the cars at Givrine (800m denivellation). Uplifting day. Attending. David C, Peter D, Steve, Mervyn, Peter T, Richard, Mark Wn, Philip. Apologies Rob P, Mark W.

Dole view
Coffee at Couvaloup before we were separated to 2 tables.
Steve and Mervyn take in the view
Lunch entente cordiale
Parting under a cloud
Heading back now over La Dole
Mervyn and David on Pte de Poèle Chaud
Steve Long takes a long sunbath
Descent in Arcadia
Forest trail on way down

Author: Peter Taylor

Londoner, now also Swiss lives in Coppet with Jill and Kobie the Cobberdog. Ex DuPont and Conoco. Also TMcL (before then KPMG London, Manchester and Bristol). FCA and ATII. BSC Physics - Bristol 1973. Ex-President of NGO Norlha (closed down). Owner of Help for Humla (NW Nepal). Likes dogs, mountains, prog rock, bikes, hikes, climbs, swims, skis (x-country - down and uphill), raquetttes. But joints are getting creaky.

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