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booking / reserving ahead on the Via Podiensis is just how it is done ... if you want to be sure of getting an evening meal and a bed for the night esp. in the busy months ...
Bonjour Andrew,
I hope that you might have had some luck reserving accommodations in recent hours, since your original post. As a courtesy, I would definitely be writing your reservation requests, i.e. une demande de reservation in french [using a translation app such as DeepL or Google...
As of earlier this year the path out of Le Puy-en-Velay [at the very start of the Via Podiensis] will also start to change in an effort by the mairie to make the Way safer ... I understand that the first stage of this project is in the process of being implemented ...
Very unusual for this to happen [rerouting due to newly-opened gîte] ... the trails and the waymarking is maintained by the local volunteer members of the FFRP [hiking federation of France] and its various divisions ... involvement of the local mairie and the mayor is incidental unless that...
I have walked this section a good number of times since 2014 ... very few, if any, changes to the path / route in that time [between Le Puy-en-Velay and Conques] ... my photos confirm will that ...
MMD is generally more up-to-date than gronze which I note still lists some [but not many] accommodations that are no longer open ... ditto with some of the other apps where lodging information is out-of-date / inaccurate ...
You should be fine esp. as you have accessed Dave Whitson’s excellent and comprehensive spreadsheet of accommodation and services [which I might add is updated almost every day so not a static file] ... that and Mapy.cz will see you through ... waymarking is generally excellent unless you walk...
I have, several times, skipped ahead to Noailhac and walked from there ... if you are unable to get a ride with LMP then you could take a taxi to Noailhac [there are two taxi services at Conques and the tourist office will help you reserve one] ... your other option of course, especially if the...
This is great to hear @Anne&Pat ... I have often wondered if it still worked like this after my friends did exactly the same as you back in 2017 ... really very helpful to know this and thank you for taking the time to tell us🙏🏽
There are now only two GdEs [gîtes d’étape] at Castet-Arrouy and neither are hosted by Marie-Ange ... I’ve just been updating the spreadsheet today ... there’s the gîte communal [run by the mairie] and the GdE «le Temps de l’Escargot» [formerly Chez Nat] hosted by Jean-Patrick Pinet des Ecots...
Hopefully🤞warm, sunny and dry with the odd day of rain here and there … I am walking at that time also 🐢🐢🐢 arriving at StJPP at the end of October … fully expecting some wetness toward the end🌦️🌧️🌦️ I have been looking at the long-range forecasts [prévisions saisonnières] for France and the...
I have walked all of the variantes, including the GR651 Voie du Célé and the GR6/46 Voie de Rocamadour ... GR651 Voie du Célé is magnificent with dramatic scenery and a good number of ups and downs; GR6 Voie de Rocamadour is more gentle but also dramatically beautiful in its own way [lots of...
also at Lajo is the excellent and well-regarded «les Bouleaux Nains» ... is off-piste around 2.0km but the host Rachel Soulier will collect hikers from the chapelle Saint-Roch.
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