2017-04-17 Yenne - Saint-Genix-sur-Guiers (29/222 km)

This was to be a special day. It started at breakfast with the two German ladies from Good Friday. Now we spoke German a long while, something that went well. Talked about roads and walks.

The I went out and soon the uphill began. I passed the Notre-Dame-de-Montagne (Our Lady of the Mountain) and onward up on the ridge that here runs parallel with the river. A fine morning sometimes with caterpillars that hung from the trees in fine treads. It was like passing though a curtain. Many points with a good view over the river and the valley.

At one point you had to walk at a narrow shelf towards the abyss. For me with vertigo it was a trial. And I had to fix my eyes at a point on the track at the other side of this difficult pass. But all went well and I survived. A bit later I met a man on a mountain-bike. I wonder how he could pass that shelf.

Onwards and upwards. A stony and steep track, but a bit later I was up at the highest point at 850 m up from Yenne at 250 m.

Then downward in more farm-like surroundings. Reached Saint-Maurice-de-Rothiers. According to the guidebook there should be a possibility to eat. But nothing. Talked to a couple of the locals that confirmed my suspicion. One of them even offered to drive me a portion of the way, but I declined. I continued walking - without any food. I passed sever Easter closed villages and the road approached St Genix.

All of a sudden at the entry of Saint Genix the marking said that I should turn right, contrary to what the map in the GPS said. Well, I did what the signs said and got into the small center of Saint Genix and stopped outside the "hotell de ville" (not the town hotel but the town hall). Sat down and tried to find out a place to sleep. Thought that the most likely place was "Au Coq en Velours" at the other side of the river in Aoste the twin city of Saint Genix. But locked and closed. What to do. I walked back over the the bridge and found an open bar where I could eat a little, and more important, think. Sleep outdoors? Other places where I could sleep according to the guidebook were too far away.

Went back across the bridge again and noted a sing in a garden that I had not seen before. A hotel sign. Was not listed in my book. According to the info on the web - bad! But I went there an saw a woman outside the front door. I went up to her and asked. We are closed she said, but nevertheless went away to talk to her husband. Well, yes, they could open a room and help me with some cold food. So I go a whole hotel completely on my own. And the cold food I got later tasted well. However she did not accept my credit card. Was the hotel in bankruptcy? Nevertheless she became my angel that day.

Subí la cresta cerca de rio pasando la capilla y estatua de Notre-Dame-de-Montagne. Hay un parte de la senda que era muy difícil por un hombre con vértigo. Yo tengo. La senda era estrecha y el precipicio alto en ambos lados. ¡Una prueba! Pero pasé. Últimamente llegue a Saint Genix. También aquí tengo problemas con un sitio para pasar la noche. También aquí últimamente encontré un hotel cerrado. Otra vez estuve el huésped único después había apelado a una mujer encontré fuera la entrada. Mi ángel del día.