Walk for 3 April

Boucle autour de Gif sur Yvette

This week our hike will be another loop around Gif-sur-Yvette, but on different paths than on last Wednesday’s hike with Serge. Our 15 km walk will take us past the Chateau de Button owned by the CNRS, along the Merantaise stream, into the Bois de Grais and the Bois Aigrefoin then down to and along the Yvette to see a scale model of the solar system before heading back to the station at Gif.

Those who want/need more exercise could continue along or near the river Yvette to Orsay and beyond on the GR 655. In this case you would need IGN map 2315 OT, Palaiseau Arpajon.

Travel information:

RER B train PLAC, direction St. Rémy Les Chevreuse, leaves:

Gare du Nord 8:50, Châtelet Les Halles 8:53, St. Michel Notre Dame 8:55,                 Denfert Rochereau 9:01

Get off at  Gif-sur-Yvette à 9:35. Mary Lynne will meet us at the station.

Return trains from Gif leave every 15 minutes.

Please remember a picnic lunch, plenty of liquids, rain and sun protection and your usual good humour.

See you on Wednesday!

Lee , Mary Lynne 

NB: Meeting point is at/on the platform, those who wish to travel together usually sit in the rear car.

Advice to hikers / Conseils aux randonneurs: Make sure that you are covered by a personal accident and liability insurance, that you are fit enough to do the walk, and have the proper equipment /        Assurez-vous que vous êtes couvert par une assurance responsabilité civile, que vous avez la condition physique nécessaire pour faire la randonnée choisie et que vous avez l’équipement adapté.