Walking in France
Tales of two incorrigible pedestrians and their wanderings in the Hexagon.
Welcome to our website
We are a pair of ageing but energetic Australians, addicted to walking in France. We have done this every year since 2002 in many different parts of France. To the despair of our family we keep thinking of new areas to explore, and no doubt will continue doing so until our legs crumble, or civilisation does, whichever comes first.
There are many companies offering so-called independent walking tours who provide route information, hotel bookings and transfer of bags between hotels. They are absurdly expensive and we consider them rigid and limiting. However we don't completely knock them, as their brochures are a good source of ideas for our own itineraries.
It is not actually very difficult to organise your own expedition, although there are pitfalls. We have written this website, which is entirely non-commercial, in a spirit of comradeship and to spare others some of our more disastrous mistakes. It contains general information and advice, and a description of each of our walks.
We hope it will be a useful guide for anyone contemplating a walking tour in France.
By the way, if you notice any errors or malfunctions on this site, please let us know by email.
Our walks so far
This is a map of the 6,600 kilometres of walking we have so far done in France. To identify a walk on the map, click the walk to get a brief description. Use the zoom controls to see the map in greater detail.
For a brief description and map of each of our walks, see diaries and maps.
The beginners' guide is a general introduction to walking in France, and to learn from our mistakes see our golden rules.
From our diaries we have extracted what we think are the best short walks (less than a week). There is also a section on pilgrimages.