For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
Hello Ivar
Would it be possible to create a forum for pilgrims who set off for Santiago de Compostella on foot from far afield?
I find that my pilgrimage from Trondheim/Nidaros to Santiago de Compostela (2010-2011) now resides in the forum, 'Other walks around the world'.
I am an...
...today I braved the rain and hitched a ride 4 kms down the hill to an old town by Le Lot River where on Fridays, no matter what the weather folks from all over the region converge selling baubles, curios, traditional foods & whatever else in the alleys and doorways about the church. After...
Hello
I notice that sometimes when I upload a video to the forum, it takes forever to view it. The video stops and starts repeatedly. It is no better whether viewed on a computer or phone.
What I need is a simple step by step method for optimizing a video, for posting here on the forum. I know...
Hello
I have recently posted replies in a couple of threads. I received an 'Alert' saying, 'Your reply to the thread..... was submitted'. I haven't ever been notified like this before. I am worried by the word 'submitted'. Does it mean that my replies are now being vetted?
Regards
Lovingkindness
Hello Ivar. I have just changed my email address (Account details) and now have a privacy issue. I do not own a computer. When I log in on a computer, I am using a friend's computer or a public one. Before, there wasn't a privacy problem as my username and password did not automatically...
Léonard and Élisabeth Tandeau de Marsac.
photo by Denis Meyer/Hans Lucas pour La Vie.
It is with sorrow that I share with you all the passing of M. Léonard Tandeau de Marsac on Saturday January 14, 2023. Léonard was co-founder of l’Hospitalité St Jacques in the village of Estaing (Voie du...
lovingkindness submitted a new resource:
France. Walking Guide (pdf): Albi – Rocamadour – Agen & Moirax – Condom. (23 Stages)
France. Walking Guide (pdf): From Albi via Rocamadour, Agen & Moirax to Condom. 23 stages.
Read more about this resource...
Today
...in the golden light of dawn when somnolent critters begin to stir a bird alighted on the window sill beside my bed. It pecked on the reflecting glass then chortled and whistled at its reflection:
(tap tap whistle; tap tap spiralling whoop; tap tap chortle-siren-chattering-whistle...
R.I.P. Pierre Soulages, abstract artist commissioned in 1986 to create 104 stained glass windows for the Romanesque abbey of Sainte-Foy at Conques - a place where pilgrims repose along the Voie du Puy.
´´Delicately complementing the hues of the surrounding stone, they fulfilled Soulages’ aim...
lovingkindness submitted a new resource:
France: from the French/Swiss border – via Albi – to Roquefort d’Agen. (July-Sept, 2020) - from the French/Swiss border – via Albi – to Roquefort d’Agen. 1100 kms (July-Sept, 2020)
Read more about this resource...
I don’t know about you, but when it comes to describing trail experiences accurately and responsibly here, on the forum, I struggle with vocabulary. Although English is our common language, being a global community, it is easy sometimes to misinterpret what others have written. A single word can...
Moirax since it's foundation in the eleventh century has been a halt along the way for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostella. It is one day's walk from Agen and on the way to La Romieu (Voie de Rocamadour/GR 652). Église Notre-Dame de Moirax is a fine example of romanesque...
lovingkindness submitted a new resource:
Voie de Rocamadour/GR 652: Embellishment. Église Notre-Dame de Moirax. - Église Notre-Dame de Moirax: Embellishments. Historical sources & Photos by Lovingkindness
Read more about this resource...
Voie de Rocamadour/GR 652 : Église Saint-Etienne du Maïl, (near Pujols), France.
Frescoes Then and Now, a pictorial comparison. A resource by Lovingkindness
In1865 L’abbé Gerbeau discovered medieval frescoes in a side chapel of Église Saint-Etienne du Maïl. Further discoveries were made by a...
lovingkindness submitted a new resource:
Voie de Rocamadour/GR 652 : Frescoes. Église Saint-Etienne du Maïl, (nr Pujols), France. - Voie de Rocamadour/GR 652 : Frescoes. Église Saint-Etienne du Maïl, (nr Pujols), France.
Read more about this resource...
Église St-Jean-de-Balerme (near Montpezat d'Agenais) is a rather beautiful romanesque church dating from 11th to 15th centuries. Pilgrims sometimes passed by there, long ago, wishing to avoid the twists and turns in the hills above Le Lot (today's GR 654-East: Castelmoron - Clairac - Aiguillon)...
lovingkindness submitted a new resource:
Église Saint-Jean-de-Balerme (romanesque) a detour : Var. Voie de Vézelay/GR 654-East. - On the trace of early pilgrims: A detour (var. Voie de Vézelay:GR654-East). Photos by Lovingkindness
Read more about this resource...
25 July, 2020
Happy festivities, one + all!
...Ultreia e suseia...
-Lovingkindness
L'église St Jacques à Pauilhac (Foulayronnes),
Le Lot-et-Garonne, France
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon