Phil and Heather's
GR 20 Corsica Holiday
September 2004

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Here are our Photos from our recent Holiday across the GR20 in Corsica
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We went towards the end of the season, this has the advantages that the weather is cooler, the route, refuges & campsite's are less crowded, but there is some disadvantage in terms of reduced availability of some services including public transport.

We used two main guide books; Paddy Dillon's GR20 Cicerone Guide & GR20 - A travers la montagne corse (Topo 067) which has all the maps (1:25000) you will need. Paddy's book is now a little out of date and food can be obtained from most refuges and you don't really have to carry anything like as much food as he suggests. We also beleive in keeping well fed, and found that short food breaks every hour worked well for us.

What we took

We believe that enjoyment is inversly proportional to your pack weight - that is travel as light as you can. We got our packs down to 9kg before food & water. You will need to carry 3kg (litres) of water and one or two day's breakfasts & lunches + some other emergency food on top of this. We bought food and meals in Refuges/Hotels where ever we could to keep the weight down. This is was our kit list...