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    Advice on walking Le Puy to Cahors in April

    Hi, Be aware of the spring holidays in France: https://vacances-scolaires.education/ They are mostly in the second half of april Buen camino!
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    Long pants and long sleeves in summer? Smart or big mistake?

    I use to wear a longsleeve silk top , (dark blue as there is a certain transparancy). It dries within a few minutes and it is very lightweight.
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    Gronze offers highly scalable Camino maps for download

    As far as I know you first have to open an account on gronze.com an only then you can use the maps. So did I and didnt'have any problem to use the maps.
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    Botafumeiro

    According to my planning I thought that I arrived on a Sunday and might have the chance to see the botafumeiro swing. Actually I arrived on a Wednesday and didn't even enter the Cathedral before the next day in the morning. I was so surprised and happy that I saw the botafumeiro swing...
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    Headlamp question

    I use Petzl Bindi, too, and would never want to miss it at any camino. https://m.petzl.com/GB/en/Sport/Headlamps/BINDI
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    Looking for accommodation recommendations in Leon

    Me too. There are also rooms only for women. Very friendly staff, quite near to the Plaza Mayor and the Cathedral. Last september I payed 17€/night.
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    Recommendations for rest days

    If you stay one day in Cahors, you can easily take a bus to Saint Cirque Lapopie , (ca. 40km away on the river Lot), a lovely town but quite touristique. Then go back 5-6km next to the river on the Chemin de Halage, wonderfull way that ist partly carved into the rocks. You can take a bus back...
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    St. Cirq Detour on Voie Cele

    I walked from Saint Cirq to Bouzies via the beautifull chemin de halage, on the River side, and than to Pasturat. Very wonderful walk and highly recomendable! By the way, you can see the trail on the maps https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/ Buen camino!
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    Finding places to stay along the ways

    May be associations of friends of St. Jame's Way might know poeple, mostly former ore active pilgrims, who'd like to host you? Good luck.
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    Looking for advice from Logrono

    I agree with all the advice referring to give your feet a rest and time enough do get the blisters healed up. That's what I regret not to have done: to avoid the pain of every step, I walked too much on my heels, so that I got a plantarfasciitis (heel spur) and finally had to give up for this...

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