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I walked the Le Puy route last autumn. I would say there's about 40% non tarmac and maybe 30 tarmac. It's a beautiful path though the best buy in my view is the first part to Cahors.
Its not thd peeing that’s the problem. It’s the prodigious amounts of used loo paper left all along camino routes both in France and Spain. I was disgusted by the way a minority of pilgrims were treating the Chemin du Puy I walked this autumn. I’ve no idea if they were men or women. But whoever...
I would love to walk one of the great caminos in France to Saint Jean Pied de Port. I had decided to walk the Vézelay route but am not so sure now as I one of the other posts says that there is a great deal of tarmac walking - up to 80%. If you have done the walk, could you let me know if you...
I am really sorry to hear about this frightening incident. I have just returned from working in the Pilgrims Office in Santiago, and there was a very similar incident last week. I really believe that anyone whatever their gender should be able to walk on the camino without fear. However there...
Hi Tom a belated and big thank you. I managed to make contact with Montse and am volunteering 9 to 16 July. I ve been boning up in my Spanish using a brilliant and cheap course on Udemy.
Regards
Peter
Thanks for your lovely blog. Really great. I am aiming to walk the Norte next month. Did you find it essential to take a sleeping bag? Did you need an international youth hostel card to stay in the hostels ou mention?
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