Our Moveable Feats

August 15, 2024

Ideas, whimsical and concrete – they must number in the thousands when prepping for a scheme like this. We’re fortunate indeed to have familiarity with France’s rural parts and rhythms. Hence, this delve into le pays profonde, some might say vide.

So we study and train, a whiff of collegiate energy about the project.

We’ve been hiking the local streets and trails, lush and familiar as they are, tarrying partway as in a beau village, wondering if a pichet de rosé would enhance or hinder?

We’ve accumulated an uneasy pile of gear: 55L backpack (with deployable daypack!), shoes and more shoes, socks – waterproof and absorbent – poles, 3 sheep’s worth of merino layers, multi-pocketed pants (with deployable legs = shorts). The chapeaux will be last-minute and any buffs unlikely!

And then, the little things… kooky French guidebook, a foot-repair menagerie (anti-friction lubricant, lambswool, needles, antibiotic and anti fungal ointments, pressure pads, diclofenac cream, adhesives, physio tape), water fluid bottles, micro-toiletries, maybe a towel, pocketknife with corkscrew.

Not everything can be managed by app – it will all fit, somehow.