- Hundreds of people were hiking in the creeks this Sunday - attendance close to that of a summer day.
- This success is largely explained by the bans linked to the coronavirus epidemic. As a female hiker sums it up, "there was nothing else we could do, everything was closed. "
A bright sun, gusts of air, smells of pine and rosemary. We are in the middle of the Calanques National Park and yet Louisa is worried: "If someone has touched this barrier while being contaminated by Covid-19, we can catch it too!" His companion, Charles, tries to stem the psychosis: "Frankly, here, you risk nothing. They came hiking to "try to get rid of all this stress from the coronavirus." Hundreds made this choice this Sunday in a busy National Park.
In the middle of the afternoon, the parking lot at the Col de la Gineste was saturated, as in the height of summer. "I had seen a report which explained that with confinement, outdoor activities were very popular in China," says Nathalie. When I got there I said to myself, "This is it, it's the same here, everyone wants to get some fresh air." "
"Enjoy the great outdoors before being confined to the house"
On the way down to the calanque d'En Vau, we meet a group of students who had not necessarily planned this hike: "We could not do anything else, everything is closed", sighs Laura, the head of tape. "It was either the creeks or Netflix," smiles Thomas, who believes that "there are really a lot of people, because people are back on the hike. "
“We checked on the Internet, we saw that we had the right, that the Prime Minister advised to get some fresh air, notes another Nathalie, who came with her daughter. We thought we were going to enjoy the great outdoors before, perhaps, finding ourselves permanently confined to the house. Not "alarmist", she nevertheless takes her precautions and keeps a good distance from the journalist who interviews her.
"We try not to stick too much to each other, we must respect the barrier gestures," smiles this affable forty-something. " Go away ! ", Frankly intimate a little panicked lady:" I came to relax because I am very anxious about the coronavirus. Stay at 1.50 m! "
View this post on Instagram
In the creeks, at least, you are sure to have no one within a meter of you #coronavirus # covid19 #epidemie #randonnee #hiking #marseille #ilovemarseille #igersmarseille #igersfrance #landscape @parc_national_des_calanques @villemarseille @marseille_tourisme
A post shared by 20 Minutes Marseille (@ 20minutes_marseille) on Mar 15, 2020 at 9:37 am PDT
A behavior that does not surprise Lionel, climber who has already worn several pairs of slippers in the creeks:
I find that people are on the defensive today, they put much more distances than usual. Nobody says hello, nobody talks. We feel a certain coldness: I think it's fear. "
Sébastien's children thus find it difficult to find small partners to improvise “two or three catches of wrestling. Their dad wanted to "make them spend a little time before spending the week locked up at home." The creeks were the easy way out. And according to one of the children, “the coronavirus dies in the sun! [it's wrong] "
Society
Coronavirus: "No food shortage" and no rationing planned, recalls Bruno Le Maire
Planet
Marseille: uprooting invasive plants in the creeks, an effective solution for biodiversity?
- Netflix
- Hiking
- Calanques
- Coronavirus
- Marseille
- Health