A Week’s Walking Holiday in France  -  10^th – 17^th June, 2009.

Organiser:  Margery van Zyl                                                             Leaders:  Trevor & Tessa Wood

                                                                                                Tel. No. 01453 884213

Stroud is twinned with the little town of St. Ismier in S.E. France; the beautiful Chartreuse Mountains rise behind.  A holiday has been planned on a plateau in the Chartreuse with 2 grades of walks – meadow and forest rambles or more challenging walks to take in some of the surrounding peaks and ridges.  The walks will be led by Trevor and Tessa Wood and possibly some local rambler leaders.  You will be able to change from one group to the other from day to day, as you wish.

We shall stay in the Cartusia Hotel at the Col de Porte in twin or single rooms, half board.  Sandwiches and picnic lunches can be obtained from the hotel or in the nearby village.  Transport will be a flight from Bristol to Geneva and then hire cars to take us to the hotel, keeping the cars with us all week to allow the flexibility to start walks from different points and to visit sites of interest.  This does mean we shall need some volunteer drivers to drive the cars from Geneva airport to the hotel and then to make small local journeys during the week.

On the optional rest day members of the twinning group in St. Ismier would like to entertain us by showing us their town and their hospitality.

We estimate the holiday will cost £500 in a shared room (plus £55 single supplement if required)  This figure is calculated to include flights, hotel half board accommodation and car hire costs.  We will operate a car pool to and from Bristol Airport.