After an extended closure while the Val de la Mare reservoir was drained and the dam wall repaired, not to mention a serious lack of rain & plans to bring water by tanker from a Norwegian fjiord, the paths were re-opened recently.
Starting from the Watersplash I ran along the sea wall in a wind that threatened to take my legs from under me a couple of times, then across the marsh & past the pond going up the escarpment to the church, through the fields of La Petite Cueillette along a footpath that leads to the eastern end of Val de la Mare.
What can I say? It was a real pleasure to be allowed back as it is a lovely place to go for a run, it’s not an easy trail along the northern, St Ouen side, but everything looked the same, the dam was full and I met only a few walkers along the way & thoroughly enjoyed myself :)
