Paris and a TGV fix

Yes, and we have to get to Beziers, and once in Geneva we have to get to Troistorrents (or a station down in the valley). SNCF is generally wonderful but this is a bit too much.
Last year I did it by train. On the return there was a scare at Lyon station about escaping gas. We were stuck in a sweltering train for an hour but they came round with free bottles of water. The result was that I missed the last connection at Beziers to Bedarieux where my wife was meeting me. SNCF paid for a taxi to take me the 45 kilometres and rang Bedarieux station to tell them to alert my wife.
That is service.
If only they didn't strike so much.

Thanks fellow thorn tree-ers for all this fantastic information. I am now thinking of lots of one day trips out of Paris.