Sunny (not) Besançon
Another hard day’s walking got me to Besançon where I am being hosted by Jean-Etienne. After today’s break, I will walk to Vesoul and another couch courtesy of Philippe. It’s likely I’ll then be camping for two nights before reaching Nancy.
I chose a good day to stop. I was intending on staying here and then heading off this morning, but I didn’t wake up until almost 11am… Very unlike me, but if I was tired, then it was a worthwhile rest. Instead, I walked into town - and it’s a lovely old town - to do some sight-seeing and to meet Jèrèmie (another couchsurfer) for lunch. Then the clouds came over, thunder and lightning started up and rain deluged down. It would have been thoroughly unpleasant to be walking in that! The downside is that I did little touristing, especially not bothering to go up to the citadel as I only wanted to see the view from there. With the weather today there was no view!
So tonight we will meet up for dinner, I will have an early night and then off in the morning. It’s a long hike but I should make it there by dinner.
In other news, I had a quick call from Graham Mack at TFM this morning, so tomorrow should see a brief interview on his breakfast show. Also, a huge “thank you” to Jean-Etienne for these 2 nights and to Florent for putting up with me / putting me up in Champagnole.