We decided we’d have a little break from the bookshelves and take a short trip to an area of France we’d never visited before, the Jura mountains. We were heading for the small village of Métabief, about a 3½ hour drive from us. During the winter there are a few small ski resorts, like Metabief, which seem to do very well keeping a few pistes open for the skiers with very little snow. However, for us, we felt the conditions were more suited to doing some walking.

We’d visited the small, but very helpful, tourist office when we arrived and gained some useful local information. We then planned our walking route using our Outdooractive app. Once we were happy with our plan, we packed up a picnic, dressed up warm, and headed out for the top of le Mont d’Or.

We first needed the chairlift , which was going to take us part of the way up the mountain to Le Morond. I’m really not great on chairlifts, but Brian chatted to me all the way to keep me distracted, and we were soon at the top.