Walking through the Morvan in Eastern France
I have just finished a 100-mile (164 km) walk through the Morvan Regional Park in Eastern France, linking two historic sites, for another article for Celtic Life International. The two sites, Bibracte and Alesia , were key sites in the Roman conquest of Gaul. I will upload the article to this page when it is published. The Morvan is a beautiful, sparsely-populated area, with rolling hills and mountains covered in forests, interspersed with white-water rivers and lakes of various sizes. It is rich in wildlife, as described below. That sparsity of population creates some challenges, planning a walk with food and accommodation in the right places. There is an official walking route between the two sites, which you can see here . It has two big problems. It takes a direct route through the mountains with nowhere to stay or buy food for most of it. Not wanting to bivouac or hunt for dinner, I designed the longer route you can see below. It starts and finishes at the nearest rail...