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[QUOTE="aussiejames, post: 29008, member: 253"] Thank-you for the replies. Maragret - I think there will always be a 'next time" - the Camino gets into your soul. :D Janet - I would love to hear about your group in Adelaide if you get it together, even though I am in Melbourne! Annie - Unfortunately I don't have a website. But here are the details of the walk I did. Commenced at Lourdes. Make sure you spend at least one night in a motel in Lourdes. These range from very cheap to expensive, but there is a huge choice. There are plenty of restaurants and shops to buy supplies. If you haven't been to the Shrine you must participate in the nightly procession. I am not Catholic (grew up Presbyterian), but the candlelit Procession of Our Lady of Lourdes and the outpooring of Faith is a wonderful experience to be part of. Leaving early the next morning, I found a cafe for breakfast. The walk thought the woods roughly following the River Pau, through the Foret de Lourdes wsa so peaceful and beautiful way to start a pilgrimage, allowing lots of time for relfection. The route was easy to follow and reasonably well signposted. It was about 18kms to Betharram, with its Sanctuary and monumental Stations of the Cross(I think) up a steep hill climb. I then kept walking 12 kms to Bruges (not the old city in Belgium which is very beautiful and makes delicious chocolates :D ) to a pligrims refugio at a local caravan / camping ground. Passing the Churchs in Asson and Bruges I came across 2 Christening services - a good omen! From Bruges, it was about 28kms to Laruns, having headed south off the Voie du Piemont Pyreneen to follow the Vallee du Ossau. this route is also well marked. At Laruns, I must admit the I was extremely nervous about the impending crossing of the mountains. I have a great fear of heights and not being aware how the mountain crossing would be I decided to take a local bus from Laruns to Gabas to get the mountain section done a day sooner. The bus actually goes up into the carpark of the National Parkto the Lac Bious Artigues. It is a very popular site for French day walkers ( hundreds of them), to see the le Pic du Midi d-Ossau and the beautiful lakes and peaks of the region. I was extremely stressed the night before about crossing these mountains alone - not the best idea I have had, but I need not have worried. Thre were so many other day walkers ( with their light little day packs) I was rarely out of sight of other people. The climd was hard but not dangerous. It was steeper in part the the crossing from St Jean Pied de Port to Roncessvales, but far more beautiful scenery. It was possible to get from Gabas in France, over the boarder at the Col du Moins to Somport in Spain in a good day. Also, I found that there is a chair lift down the Spanish side to the ski resort of Astun, missing a steep secion of the trail. I didn't find it till I was nearly down. Many Spaniards also day walk in this area. A good website for this route is [url=http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org]http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org[/url], mostly in French but has great maps. I hope this is of use. James [/QUOTE]
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