Dear Hikers,

This week's hike on Wednesday, June 5, will be led by Michel Browne. Here are the details.

"For next Wednesday I propose a walk from Lagny-Thorigny to Esbly.

 

From the Lagny-Thorigny train station we’ll take the bridge over the Marne to Lagny and walk east along the sometimes impressive bourgeois meulières on the river.  Later we’ll walk along the “sculptures”, an art piece in the making since several years.  Still on the left bank we’ll reach the “Chalifert” lock and its beautiful sycamore trees at the entrance of a rare canal in a tunnel.

Walking around the tunnel we’ll take the left bank of the “Chalifert to Meaux” canal then walk along the “Montry” canal to reach our picnic point between the “Grand Morin” river and the canal, the latter going above the former, all that in sight of the Marne.  The after lunch will be spent between Marne and the canal on an island .  Then we’ll go to the Esbly train station.  The walk is expected to be 18 kms long.  Escapes are possible after 10 kms, before picnic, or after 12 kms, after picnic.  In any case return is from the Esbly train station.

 

Train specs:  Take the 9h31  train to Meaux from Gare de l’Est (lignes Ile de France).  Lagny-Thorigny is the third stop and should be reached five minutes to 10.  I will be there waiting at the station.  Return will be from Esbly  (next station on the train line) and will take five more minutes to Gare de l’Est.  There are trains every half hour (every quarter of an  hour around rush hour).

 

See you there for a hopefully great walk."

 

Michel

06.49.85.25.07

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