Wednesday 1 December, end of a hundred-kilometre hike

The Loing at Moret

Dear hikers,

A 100 kilometre-hike !

Next Wednesday we'll end our walk along the GR2. We began a year ago at Le Plessis Chenêt and in several stages we've walked some hundred kilometres across the Seine et Marne. The banks of the Seine await us once more. We'll see two major tributaries, the Loing and the Yonne, as well as the canal barges at St Mammès.

C'est mercredi prochain, 1er décembre que nous terminerons notre parcours sur le GR2. Commencé il y a un an depuis le Plessis-Chênet, en quelques étapes c'est une centaine de kilomètres que nous avons effectué à travers la Seine-et-Marne. Les rives de la Seine seront encore au rendez-vous cette semaine. Nous rencontrerons également les confluents du Loing et de l'Yonne. La vue sur les péniches à Saint-Mammès et ses couleurs d'automne retiendra particulièrement notre attention.

Our walk will take us from Champagne sur Seine to La Grande Paroisse, about 12 km. As an option, we can continue to Montereau Fault Yonne for a walk of 21 km. This last part has not been thoroughly checked out, so we may be fairly late getting back to Paris.

To get there we'll meet at the platform and take the 9.05 train from the Gare de Lyon headed for Montargis. We arrive in Melun at 9.31. There we change trains to catch the 9.36 train headed for Montereau, arriving at Champagne sur Seine (zone 6) at 10.00. Note that we have only five minutes between trains at Melun so we'll want to be fairly nimble getting from one to the other.

The return from La Grande Paroisse (zone 6) is either

• 14.35 — Paris 15.41 change at Melun
• 15.35 — Paris 16.41 change at Melun

The return from Montereau (zone 6) gives us three possibilities.

• 17.30 — Paris 18.43 change at Melun
• 18.10 — Paris 19.13 direct
• 18.10 — Paris 19.41 change at Melun

A six-zone Mobilis covers all this. For Parisians, separate one-way tickets are slightly cheaper. If you're coming from the suburbs, the Mobilis is a couple of euros cheaper and far more convenient.

Notre randonnée se situera entre Champagne-sur-Seine et La Grande-Paroisse. Distance : 12 kilomètres.

*Getting there*. Attention, we will change trains in Melun.
Nous ne disposons que de 5 minutes pour la correspondance. Il est
souhaitable de rester groupés et d'écouter les annonces.

* At *GARE DE LYON*, Take the train at *9:05* (direction Montargis).
Stop at MELUN 9:31.
* At MELUN (connection), Take the train 9:36 (direction Montereau)
arriving at CHAMPAGNE-SUR-SEINE at 10.00.
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*Return.* -  La Grande-Paroisse 14:35 arriving at Paris 15:41
or 15:35 arriving at Paris 16:41. Changement à Melun pour ces deux trains.

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EXTENSION POSSIBLE DU PARCOURS POUR CEUX QUI VEULENT
Le parcours continuera jusqu'à Montereau-Fault-Yonne. Ainsi il sera de 21 kilomètres.
La reconnaissance de ce trajet n'a pas été entièrement effectuée. Prévoir une éventuelle rentrée tardive pour Paris.
Retour :
Montereau 17:30, Paris 18:43 (changement à Melun).
Montereau 18:10, Paris 19:13 (direct Paris).
Montereau 18:10, Paris 19:41 (changement à Melun).

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Purchase a one-way ticket as the return will be from a different station,
or, If you are coming from the suburbs into Paris... then
Champagne-sur-Seine, a ''Mobilis'' ticket for 6 zones is perhaps slightly
cheaper than purchasing separate tickets.

Meet. − Start of the quay at Gare-de-Lyon.
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Bring a picnic lunch, water, good shoes and rain gear, just in case.
If you wish to be informed of any eventual changes or cancellations, please give Daniel or Virginie your cell phone if you have one, your home phone if not.

Daniel - 09 50 56 65 26 - 01 45 90 65 26.
Daniel mobile   06 99 20 70 79 (only the day of the walk).
Virginie mobile 06 89 96 29 96.

See you on Wednesday!

Alfred Sisley, at Moret station