![Walking in France: Striding towards Château-Arnoux](https://walkinginfrance.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/DSC11681-500x375.jpg)
This was the first year that we were seriously affected by a health problem.
After walking for eight days in Provence and the Drôme, from Saint-André-les-Alpes via Digne-les-Bains and Sisteron to Rémuzat, Keith’s kidney stone proved too much to bear.
So we hired a car in Avignon and drove for 28 days up the eastern side of France, finishing in Reims.
![Walking in France: Writing the diary in the central square of Volonne](https://walkinginfrance.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC1185-500x335.jpg)
What we had hoped to do was to continue walking northwards and to reconnect with a previous starting point at Cluny, then press on into Burgundy as far as time allowed.
A quick visual summary of this walk can be seen in the yearly photo album. For the statistically inclined, there is also a spreadsheet that gives details of distances, costs etc.
The diary has been broken up into the following sections:
St-André-les-Alpes to Sisteron
To see icons for each night’s accommodation on this map, press the full-screen symbol at the top right and then tick the accommodation icon box at the top left. Zoom in on a particular icon to see its precise location. These accommodation icons are also shown on all section maps.
You can also see this map using Google Earth and take a virtual flight along our route.