Vevey to Aigle 29/7/17
29/7/17 Saturday
Day 2
Vevey-Aigle 30 km
Full sun, heat, clouds
0530 start.
Calm, peaceful Lake Geneva on a quiet
morning; I swim luxuriously near Chateau Chillon.
Beautiful floral gardens along the way.
Villeneuve is a quaint and cobbled
village (with Cannabis products at the tobacconist) from where we
navigate our way confidently out and past community garden plots.
This sense of ease is abruptly interrupted as we find we have taken
wrong turns necessitating a long walk along a very busy road (after
asking for directions at a petrol station) and eventually onto a
cycle track.
Alternating all three sets of footwear,
small blister hotspots appearing.
Sunflowers, blueberries.
I notice a young man sitting alone on
the rocks by the lakeside- he looks bereft and I wonder if his bald
head might be an indicator he is a cancer-sufferer.
Walk with music as a motivator for
hours, stopping frequently due to the heat. Pass Yvorne village
nestled high among grapevines.
Finally arrive in Aigle where the only
food available is Thai.
Tired, hot, but no longer hungry, we
walk further to the chateau hoping to find accommodation as suggested
by Cicerone. This option is no longer available but with the help of
a French phone conversation made by a shop-keeper, we're collected by
a near-by B&B owner.
Merci for Mercy.
CHF 10 Coffee, croissant
18 Thai meal
25 B&B
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