#Travels in the Cévennes

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It's Fine Press Friday!

This week's fine-press highlight is Travels in the Cévennes, written and illustrated by the French-based British artist and illustrator Peter Allen (b. 1948), printed in an edition of 150 copies set in 14-point Cochin on Arches mould-made paper at the Whittington Press in Risbury, Herefordshire, England, in 1998. The illustrations, some with linocut keylines, were pochoir-colored by the artist.

The book is an engaging modern travel diary, recording a journey Allen made in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson, who famously recorded his experiences in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes in 1879. The bright and playful stencil-colored illustrations vividly capture the highlights of the journey. 

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A Chateau in the French Cévennes

Avid readers of travel guides and trip advisors, will have certainly come across some descriptions of hotels or places of interest and wondered at their veracity, for example: “Tucked away in the French south-western region of the Cévennes, a natural park of stunning beauty and not far from the town of Millau, now famous for its bridge, the Chateau D’Ayres Hotel, a 16th-century chateau and site…

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O Meu Burro, O Meu Amante e Eu

(Antoinette dans les Cévennes)

F, 2020

Caroline Vignal

7/10

Caminho de Burro

Uma comédia que toma a viagem como uma metáfora da vida, quase como um Road Movie, mas de burro pelas belas paisagens campestres de Cévennes. A grande diferença para o típico Road Movie é que o caminho aqui é construtivo, convida à reflexão, ao gozo da vida, do momento, da companhia, e não destrutivo, niilista, terminal, como sucede na viagem de carro, pelo alcatrão.

Laure Calamy tem uma presença distinta, agradável e descontraída, quase sensual. Também o burro Patrick adquire um protagonismo inesperado como o companheiro improvável nesta viagem de auto-conhecimento e de reequilíbrio vital, no contacto com a natureza e a vida animal.

Um filme agradável e surpreendente, na medida em em oferece mais do que aquilo que promete.

Donkey Path

A comedy that takes the journey as a metaphor for life, almost like a Road Movie, but on a donkey, through the beautiful countryside of the Cévennes. The big difference, to the typical Road Movie, is that the path here is constructive, invites reflection, the enjoyment of life, the moment, the company, and not destructive, nihilistic, terminal, as happens when traveling by car on the tarmac.

Laure Calamy has a distinct presence, pleasant and relaxed, almost sensual. Patrick, the donkey, also acquires an unexpected role, as the unlikely companion on this journey of self-knowledge and vital rebalancing, in contact with nature and animal life.

A pleasant and surprising film, insofar as it offers more than what it promises.

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Write Around the World with Richard E. Grant episode 2

Book and travel lover Richard E. Grant journeys to southern France, visiting the Cévennes mountains, Marseille, Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera and Grasse in the hills north of Cannes #art #travel

Write Around the World with Richard E. Grant episode 2: Book and travel lover Richard E. Grant journeys to southern France, visiting the Cévennes mountains, Marseille, Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera and Grasse in the hills north of Cannes, in the footsteps of writers inspired by the country, its culture and history.       Reading key passages from their books as he goes along, including…

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

-- Robert Louis Stevenson // Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

( Amerigo Vespucci in Venice)

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Route

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Le premier voyage après le confinement, bisous des Cévennes 🍃 #voyage #randonnée #cévennes #unesco #suddefrance #france #travel (at Gorges de la Jonte/Meyrueis) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBqsavHqVtb/?igshid=10b87yy226tmu

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For there is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

[loish]

here's some more sketches from my trip to the cévennes last week! I love the charming cities and towns there - they're so old and visiting them feels like travelling back in time.

[eopederson]

Vue vers le mont Aigoual, parc national des Cévennes, Lozère, 1984.

And another spring and summer with scant chance that travel to Europe will be possible. For a change, the problem is at that end where vaccination rates are abysmally low and lockdowns continue.

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes #travel #traveller #phaseshift #timetravel #wksbyks https://instagr.am/p/CPKQEF_MkyD/

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Travels With A Donkey by Robert Louis Stevenson With A Prefatory Letter From The Author An Introduction By André Chamson Illustrations By Roger Duvoisin GORGEOUSLY ILLUSTRATED FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL SLIPCASE Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes is one of Robert Louis Stevenson's earliest published works and is considered a pioneering classic of outdoor literature. Publisher: The Heritage Press, New York Copyright: 1953

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Vous pensez devoir prendre l’avion pendant 10h pour vivre une expérience asiatique ?? Pas du tout nécessaire. En à peine plus d’une heure au départ du Mas vous découvrirez un petit coin d’Asie sans décalage horaire. 👉 Bambouseraie d’Anduze. Une occasion d’une visite combinée avec le train à vapeur des Cévennes. #cevennestourisme #cevennes #nature #occitanie #parcnationaldescevennes #fierdusud #tourisme #sudcevennes #lozère #lozerenaturellement #lovelozere #mylozere #montlozere #lozere #nature #lozeretourisme #cevennes #tourismeoccitanie #Lozere #Nature #maisondhotes #guesthouse #chambresdhotes #chambresdhotesdecharme #maisondhotesdecharme #chambrehotes #chambredhotes #tourisme #vacances #chambre #travel #chambrehote #bedandbreakfast (à Mas du Coupétadou, chambres, yourte et table d'hôtes de charme en Cévennes) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAr1h8ookDN/?igshid=1pl5rovxr3rzu

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes

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Hiking In France-- An Overview Of Ideal Trails.

Several cross country GR routes weave the region and a variety of much shorter hiking tracks give accessibility to spectacular landscapes. We are led by a 'Hiking for All' point of view, underpinned by an idea in the physical and also mental benefits of walking. Also fascinating are the trails in the Luberon Mountains of Provence, which link picturesque, historic towns. In the footprints of Robert Louis-- GR 70 -stevenson.org (Outside link). This year noted the 130th wedding anniversary of Robert Louis Stevenson's released account of his go through the Cévennes Mountains. With his donkey, he covered 252 km from Puy-en-Valley to Alès in 12 days. The origin of the trip returns to the 10th century as well as was the topic of the first medieval travel guide, the Codex Calixtinus! The Jura Mountains appear to take place permanently, however, these wooded rolling hills stretch for about 250 kilometres along the France-Switzerland boundary. Travel for holidays Make sure you discover the strolling courses to see all that this area has to offer, consisting of waterfalls, lakes, gorges and also picturesque towns. The Nietzsche Course on the French Riviera supplies a tough hillside walking with remarkable seaside panoramas. . This is a literally requiring path, with about 9,000 meters of cumulative altitude gain as well as loss throughout the duration of the hike. Consequently, it is recommended that hikers remain in excellent physical shape prior to the trek. The psychological trouble, nevertheless, is fairly low, as the trail is fairly hectic as well as well significant throughout the hiking period. It is also possible to quit at the countless gîtes, or havens, along the way for a treat or coffee break mid-day. It may be tough to find info or topo guides for many routes. The exact route - not just the name "GR" - of any hiking trail in France is copyrighted by the FFRP as well as can not be released by others without their consent. But, in contrast to what I would certainly thought, La Tomb isn't practically skiing. In summertime, when the snow begins to thaw, surface that is unattainable to anybody without ropes, skis or crampons opens, with 668km of kept routes extending the Ecrins national park. You can keep it basic with field trip, stay overnight in a mountain refuge, or (as of last summer) bed down in a standard Mongolian yurt-- on a farm at the end of the valley, a gentle two-and-a-half-hour leave. The Grandes Randonnées are a series of far away strolling tracks throughout France. The GR walkways aren't restricted to France and also weave throughout Europe, generally discovered in Belgium, the Netherlands and also Spain. , if you are looking for long distance treks the Grandes Randonnées is definitely worth looking right into. . The full Trip du Mount Blanc is a stunning breathtaking path, yet with over 10 kilometres of accents and descents along the road, it can be a challenging walking. Today, the most popular of the four French paths is the Via Podensis or GR 65. It connects Geneva to the Roncevaux hillside in the Basque nation as well as goes through the Puy-en-Velay, Conques as well as Figeac. As well as if you desire to connect delicately with various other hikers along the route, ask us which routes are the very best for such sociability. Hiking in France can indicate extremely different things to various individuals. Some desire to leave to the remote French countryside and also enjoy difficult full-day walking that presses them to the limitation.