Dear Walkers,
Our hike for July 30 will be led by Dominique Raveau. Here is her
information. I hope you appreciate the poem at the end. It would seem
that Longfellow appreciated the Chevreuse Valley as much as we do today.
For
next Wednesday I propose a 15 km walk in south of Paris, along the
river Yvette and through Aigrefoin Wood. We will walk from Orsay-Ville
University campus to Courcelle. In Gif-sur-Yvette we will pass by the
tombstone of the artist Fernand Léger, one of the founders of Cubist
painting.There's possibility to bail out in Gif before climbing the wood
and having our picnic there. The walk along the river is on flat ground
but we'll have short and rather steep climbing and descent.
To get there take RER B train PUKE from CHATELET LES HALLES at 9:02
Direction ST REMY LES CHEVREUSE, arrives in ORSAY-VILLE AT 9:51, zone 5.
I will get on the first car of the same train at Bourg la Reine.
Return will be from COURCELLE SUR YVETTE, zone 5, a train to Paris every 20 min on the same line.
Bring some snacks, bananas, picnic lunches and lots of water and don't forget your walking sticks.
See you on Wednesday
Dominique
06 33 23 07 31
In the meantime I hope you will enjoy these 19th century verses:
To The River Yvette
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
O darling river! like a bride,
Some dimpled, bashful, fair Lisette,
Thou goest to wed the Orge's tide.
The valley of Chevreuse in vain
Would hold thee in its fond embrace;
Thou glidest from its arms again,
And hurriest on with swifter pace.
Thou wilt not stay; with restless feet,
Pursuing still thine onward flight,
Thou goest as one in haste to meet
Her sole desire, her heart's delight.
Pursuing still thine onward flight,
Thou goest as one in haste to meet
Her sole desire, her heart's delight.
O lovely river of Yvette!
O darling stream! on balanced wings
The wood-birds sang the chansonnette
That here a wandering poet sings.
O darling stream! on balanced wings
The wood-birds sang the chansonnette
That here a wandering poet sings.
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