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France is a camping paradise!
Along the via podiensis, often you can camp for very little money on official campsites, showers and all.
There are countless campsites along the way, some of them only ~5-10€. Many gites allow camping in their...
I did walk with my dog Flora, but only in spirit and heart.
The dog @FourSeasons mentions was Sepia and she belonged to a French girl who I met and walked the last few weeks of my Camino with, although I would quite happily have taken them both...
it is light reading and has nothing to do with the GR 65 but there is a series of mystery books by Martin Walker about "Bruno, Chief of Police.." which takes place in small village not too far from the route and describes the life and times in a...
Well, I guess the classic walking in France would be Robert Louis Stevenson's travels with his donkey, Modestine? Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879).
Available in the original French but also many good English translations (Ebay!) - not...
Can any of you recommend books in French or authors associated with the Voie du Puy, in particular the stretch between Le Puy and Cahors? A search on Google did not produce any results.
I am thinking primarily about fiction but would not be...
On the same tack, if you like detective fiction I'd recommend Fred Vargas' quirky, archaeology-and-myth-based Inspector Adamsberg series. They are set all round France and Adamsberg himself is based in Paris, but comes from the Pyrenees. 'Seeking...
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