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Sounds like you have some great reasons for going via SJPdP, but I can't resist saying that the walk up from Oloron-Ste-Marie to Somport is one of my absolute favourite camino stages, really beautiful mountain scenery, and some lovely villages to stay in.
I did two sections of the Arles route in May and June last year, from Arles to near Castres and beyond Auch to Somport. I am surprised at how often I hear people recommending against the section from Arles to Montpellier. I thought the first days walk to St Gilles was particularly beautiful...
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