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Nearby there is a memorial for victims of the Spanish Civil War: 300 people were buried there in a mass grave. Perhaps there is a connection? Monumento la Pedraja, gps 42,3738535, -3,3409197
As far as I know you first have to open an account on gronze.com an only then you can use the maps. So did I and didnt'have any problem to use the maps.
According to my planning I thought that I arrived on a Sunday and might have the chance to see the botafumeiro swing. Actually I arrived on a Wednesday and didn't even enter the Cathedral before the next day in the morning. I was so surprised and happy that I saw the botafumeiro swing...
If you stay one day in Cahors, you can easily take a bus to Saint Cirque Lapopie , (ca. 40km away on the river Lot), a lovely town but quite touristique. Then go back 5-6km next to the river on the Chemin de Halage, wonderfull way that ist partly carved into the rocks. You can take a bus back...
I walked from Saint Cirq to Bouzies via the beautifull chemin de halage, on the River side, and than to Pasturat. Very wonderful walk and highly recomendable!
By the way, you can see the trail on the maps https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/
Buen camino!
I agree with all the advice referring to give your feet a rest and time enough do get the blisters healed up. That's what I regret not to have done: to avoid the pain of every step, I walked too much on my heels, so that I got a plantarfasciitis (heel spur) and finally had to give up for this...
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