Road to Home 2023 Day 37: Torcenay - Leffond

I should like well enough to spend the whole of my life in travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home! 

- William Hazlitt, On Going a Journey (1822)

After a classic French breakfast of fresh baguette with homemade jam and coffee in the conservatory of Sylvie's lovely home in Torcenay, Esther, Elaine and I set off through the village and into the forest. The morning was misty, and though it spotted with rain for a bit, the day soon became warm and humid. The long grass was damp but the forest path was not too muddy and made for very pleasant walking. 

We emerged into fields of cows and horses before stopping to sit on a pile of logs beside the gravel road to eat our remaining bread and cheese.

We then took a shortcut along the road through the villages of Grandchamp, Maatz and Coublanc to Leffond, where Elaine and I are comfortably housed in the pilgrim hostel in the town hall building.

Leffond

Elaine and Patrick from Montreal take a break in Leffond 

Our beautifully situated pilgrim hostel above the town hall

The building is right on the Salon river, with a view of the bridge and the village church on the opposite shore. The bells ring rather frequently; hopefully that won't continue all through the night!

Today's accommodations: Gîte Communal, Leffond 

Torcenay - Leffond 25 km