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Hello AntoDiPla
In 2018 I set off from Arles intending to walk the Chemin de Arles but in Montpellier a fellow convinced me it was a much nicer walk to go south to Sete walk to Agde and then follow the Canal du Midi to Carcassonne which is what I did.
This was in the first week of September and...
A few clothes pegs and a length of line. You'll be thanked continuously. Needle and a bit of thread and last but not least a Swiss Army Knife credit card size multi tool especially for the little knife and the scissors.
And one change of clothes.
Hello Cathy
In 2015 I left the GR 65 at St. Palais and followed the route to Hendaye which was reasonably well marked but I'm sure that 9 years later it will be better. I walked part of it with an older couple who were walking home to Normandy !
It is a lovely walk through the foothills of the...
Hello Dave
I got home on August 1 and my older brother who has wanted to do a walk with me convinced me to go back to France and walk The Western Front Way which follows the Line of WW1. After extensive discussion and research I persuaded him that the walk would be to difficult for us as we...
I'm back home in Canada after walking Cherbourg to Clisson then going to my brother-in-laws 80 birthday party in England. I left Cherbourg on June 15th and arrived Clisson July 8th. It was a walk somewhat different from any other I have done.
From Cherbourg south I didn't meet another 'pilgrim'...
In 2015 after following the chemin from Geneva I left it at St. Palais and more or less followed an Older couple (older than me) along a section of signed chemin which went from St. Palais to Helette then GR8 to Sare then Hendaye. I say more or less because it was raining so heavily at times...
Well, I've just returned from a pleasant 10 km. walk along the waterfront where I met and said 'Hello' to at least 50 other walkers and that got me thinking about this thread.
I have walked and cycle toured in North, Central and South America, walked in China and several non Camino paths in...
I stayed at an accueil jacquaires (?) at 28 Rue Cardinal de Polignac which is near the cathedral and had private rooms and a dormitory. It was definitely not an Ibis but adequate.
I'll begin by saying the easiest place to get the pilgrim stamp is at the tourist office near the bridge over the Rhone. They have an "official" stamp.
I spent a relaxing time from the end of April to the middle of June walking through rain, snow, hail, sleet and glorious sunshine from Geneva to...
Hello Stephen
If you haven't already booked I stayed at L'Auberge du Pelerin for two nights which is very central, near the Forum and several other historic sites. It is actually more of a dorm like accommodation but after I checked in and saw that I was to be with 3 other folks I asked the...
Back in late March when I posted a few pics here of the "Big Trees" which my wife and I had hiked out to I still thought at that time I would be returning to France to set off on another Camino. Well, that has not happened so instead I have undertaken to try to find all the big old trees, known...
Hello Tom
In September 2018 I left Arles and headed west. In Monpellier I met a fellow who suggested a "walk on the beach" and because of that remark the next morning I headed south to Sete (which is a very lovely city, by the way) and the next day set off for Agde following the beach. It was...
It was a stinking hot day (June 15, 2015) I had come off the GR10 through Hendaye then crossed the bridge into Irun and 100 mtrs on as I passed a table on the pavements two fellows called out "You look hot and thirsty but first book a room there" (they pointed to an opening in the wall of small...
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