{"id":2490,"date":"2021-09-17T15:32:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T14:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2021-09-18T09:31:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T08:31:47","slug":"gin-hike-lisle-up-jura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/2021\/09\/17\/gin-hike-lisle-up-jura\/","title":{"rendered":"GIN Hike L’Isle up Jura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

16 Sept 21 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This hike was advertised to run come rain or shine. And in the main that was what happened, with perhaps much more rain than shine. Attending were 8 :- Richard S, Mervyn, Andrew (Neivens, welcome to the group Andrew), Rob, David, Mark 2rrs, Stephen, PeterT (leader).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We assembled \u00e0 l’heure at 10 am at the parking at the station at L’Isle, a place worth visiting for its magnificent chateau. First then some culture:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Also known as the \u201cPetit Versaille de l\u2019Isle\u201d, this magnificent ch\u00e2teau was built in 1696 by Charles de Chandieu, a Lieutenant General in the Swiss Guard. It was the first regional monument of classical architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Built in 1696 by Charles de Chandieu, the Ch\u00e2teau de l\u2019Isle is a monument steeped in history. Originating from around 1700 during the classical era in France, this building greatly resembles that of the architectural movement of the time, where the Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles was built.

The, \u201cLa V\u00e9noge\u201d river has enabled the Ch\u00e2teau to benefit from a beautiful French garden, as well as a river basin bordered by two tree-lined paths. At first the Chandieu family lived in the old residence until the end of the 18th century. Fran\u00e7ois Louis Roulet of Neuch\u00e2tel was the first to live there in the 19th century, and then it was handed down through marriage to the Cornaz Family of Montet Cudrefin.

In 1876, the commune of l\u2019Isle bought and restored the ch\u00e2teau. Today it houses the municipal department of housing and classrooms. Since 1941, the ch\u00e2teau has been a listed building.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather forecast seemed not too bad but as we skirted the lawns of the fine Ch\u00e2teau we donned anoraks, only to remove them soon after. A gradual line of 7.5 km and 750m deniv or so, making it roughly a 10% slope which would lead us in a WNW direction just south of Combe \u00e0 Berger past Grand Chard\u00e8ve to the Chalet de Ch\u00e2tel at 1400m for lunch. (Yellow path). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Passing the water Source for L’Isle (members I think were more intent on beer sources), we skirted pasture land and moved on up into the forest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No time for water Source<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All to soon the rains came and all but Stephen re-donned anoraks. Had he painted himself with some form of water repellant ? In any event he got to 1400m in persistent rain in a green T shirt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark, Steve, Andrew, David, Mervyn, Richard, Rob.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andrew, Stephen and Richard. Note the assorted rain gear. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This was the first rain after a long dry spell, and the autumnal leaves were beginning to appear underfoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unexpected image but it captures the essence of the morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We made steady progress up the 10% trail eventually turning left in a southerly direction on the final slopes to the chalet. Andrew was finding his sugar levels on the low side at this point and Richard provided some essential glucose. We arrived on time at 12.30 at the Chalet, dripping wet but inside it was warmer and our table was set out in a pleasant and newly furbished room with sound baffles in the ceiling. We each showed our COVID certificates and then were allowed to move about maskless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark arrives in from the rain – note everyone else seems to have driven up. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cold beers soon arrived. From Appenzell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A clear 50\/50 split between those having Fondue and those having R\u00f6stiflette was established and we proceeded to enjoy a very fine lunch<\/span> indeed, white Tartegnin wine supplementing the beers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00f6stiflette (vegetarien)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The fondue set drying out in the warmth. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David and Andrew with liquid cheese<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Note the ceiling baffles <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our discourse followed the usual threads. Scottish independence, the possible definition of “woke”, problems of nasal hair, anti-vaxxers, what pivoting means, roasting absent friends, dogs, enjoying a meal with wet underwear, Boris, future hikes, etc, all the while checking that it was still raining outside. A fine camaraderie persisted among the damp diners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chalet was short on their dessert of the day, tarte aux framboise, but there were 4 left so we partaged and very tasty it was indeed. Time for some furtive absinthe and Scottish fluid with our coffee before we flowed out into some unexpected but reviving sunshine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weak sun greeting departing damp but happy diners <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the descent – no rain ! So Stephen puts on his rain gear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We traversed the ridge to the N towards Mollendruz then pivoted back down towards L’Isle. It kept dry despite ominous grumblings of thunder to the south.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived back at the cars reasonably quickly, the time seemed to pass quickly anyway, perhaps it was the digestifs…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to all attending. Sorry we missed Mark, Thatcher, Philip, Richard W, Peter D and others who missed a fine meal with a gentle hike, oh, and er, rain.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

16 Sept 21 This hike was advertised to run come rain or shine. And in the main that was what happened, with perhaps much more rain than shine. Attending were 8 :- Richard S, Mervyn, Andrew (Neivens, welcome to the group Andrew), Rob, David, Mark 2rrs, Stephen, PeterT (leader). We assembled \u00e0 l’heure at 10 … Continue reading “GIN Hike L’Isle up Jura”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2490"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2490\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ginclub.website\/home2\/gentsinnyon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}