That of an accumulation, a stacking of very Scottish mishaps in our beautiful country of Gevaudan. Without Stevenson to document it is would still be here. you will lack only the Modestine donkey Stevenson rode, and we can provide you with a suitable replacement.But the spirit has not left, even Here, waiting! The buildings, the streets, the paths. Except (of course!) the quality of the inns. The stages suggested are of top-notch quality and will let you re-live the very footsteps of R.L. In car, onįoot, horse, with an ass: whatever you wish according to the time you have. It is the lozerienne part of this tour that we invite you to follow.
To Saint Jean of Gard after a high tour of and be recorded in the book " Travels with an ass through the Cevennes ". On the basis of Monastier sur Gazeille with for his only partner an ass, it will end
The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson undertook a trip as a recluse through the Cevennes (GR70) to search for the heart of the camisards from Auvergne to LanguedocĬentury, the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson undertook a voyage as a recluse through the Cevennes to search for the heart ofĬamisarde. Next day they moved southward in a changed landscape.Across the Cevennes with Robert Louis Stevenson Their trip ended at Saint-Jean du Garde, only 50 miles from the Mediterranean. British relevision did a special on Stevenson's trek, too. The new edition of his book has attracted tourists to the monastery and also the region. Minus the writer, who had to rest, they visited the Trappist monastery of Notre-Dame des Neiges, which Stevenson had also visited. They went through quite an ordeal skiing in the midst of a snow storm. It was arranged for them to stay at the farmhouse of Regis & Francoise Malzieu & later at the home of Marite Pereira. In telling about the progress of their trek writer intersperses quotes from Stevenson. They met shortly after New Year's Day in the Savoie resort of La Plagne where Jaccoux and Colette had winter quarters. It was planned as a multi-day cross-country ski tour and they were to visit many of the places Stevenson had visited.
Writer travelled with his friend, the Chamonix guide, Claude Jaccoux, & his wife, Colette, plus a woman friend. This version, entitled: "The Cevennes Journal", edited by Gordon Golding, includes not only the journal but also a set of marvellous notes. In 1978, on the hundredth anniversary of his trek, the whole of his journal was published by the Club Cevenol, a non-profit organization of people native to or interested in the Cevennes. The trip was partly in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson as recorded in his travel classic "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes". REPORTER AT LARGE about travelling in the Cevennes mountains in southeastern France.
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