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Some more suggestions for you... the French gites are generally very well equipped, I have got by with a sleeping bag liner only, they will provide blankets. Once you get to SJPP you can buy a very lightweight sleeping bag which you're more likely to need as not every albergue provides blankets...
I think you'll be OK! I'm walking the Le Puy route in stages. My spoken French is weak and I struggle to understand on the phone. I got round this by texting. French mobile phone numbers usually start with 06 or 05, so choose those ones to text. If you have the Miam Miam Dodo book, it has a...
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