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  1. Dave

    Credit Card @ Gîtes

    In column U in my accommodation spreadsheet for the Via Podiensis, you can see where credit cards are accepted: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_DRbaqvzf2SKjB928JgGH79Zq1DAJ_g-0cA2cAgdKDU/edit#gid=311394233 Definitely more common for gites to not take credit cards, but there are some...
  2. Dave

    Podcast Via Podensis

    Thanks for sharing that one, Annette. I forgot I did it! If you're interested in more, I did a whole ten-part series of episodes on the Via Podiensis for the Camino Podcast (and also on Apple, Google, Spotify). It starts on Episode 60, and then carries forward from there. One of my favorite...
  3. Dave

    Accommodations and Services on the Le Puy Route

    Super helpful, thank you. Maslacq has been a tricky spot for accommodation in recent years, so this is great news. Dave
  4. Dave

    R.I.P Léonard Tandeau de Marsac. Co-founder of l’Hospitalité St Jacques, Estaing. (Voie du Puy)

    This is very sad. As noted, until Laurie's book I didn't appreciate just how long the history was for l’Hospitalité St Jacques. That would have counted as an early arriver on the Camino Francés; on the Via Podiensis, though, it truly stood at the forefront of the resurgence of pilgrim...
  5. Dave

    Accommodations and Services on the Le Puy Route

    If this is an add-on, then consider whether you might just walk, say, from Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. Saint-Cirq is easy to reach via bus from Cahors or Figeac. Espagnac would require a taxi to/from Figeac. That section is peak Célé, hitting all the major highlights. The...
  6. Dave

    Accommodations and Services on the Le Puy Route

    There are a few decisions to sort out on your end that will influence this. a) Which branch of the GR36 do you want to follow out of Cahors (the shorter, Lot-side track, or up over Mont-Saint-Cyr)? b) Do you want to detour to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie? c) Do you want to visit the caves at Pech-Merle...
  7. Dave

    What Does 'WC' Mean in Cicerone Guidebook of Via Podiensis?

    Water Closet! AKA bathroom/toilet.
  8. Dave

    Guide Book for Camino Le Puy

    Hi Bill, I wouldn't expect a new printing for 2023. That one didn't even make it into all the North American bookstores until October! Fortunately, the GR65 is a pretty stable route, so most of the broad brushstroke info is going to be consistent from year to year. The accommodation...
  9. Dave

    Full list of Accomodations Le Puy to SJPP

    OK, it seems fully resolved. Clicked through every link in the file, found two that had gone bad. The algorithm is pacified.
  10. Dave

    Full list of Accomodations Le Puy to SJPP

    I'm having a problem with it. It keeps getting reported... first for phishing, then for Malware, now for Spam. I keep asking for reviews, which is the only option offered with Google, and I've received no response to any of them. Only new emails with "One of your files violates Google Drive’s...
  11. Dave

    Full list of Accomodations Le Puy to SJPP

    There are lots of great accommodation listings out there, but I'm partial to my own! Accommodations on this first tab, services on the second. Dave
  12. Dave

    Walking from Saint-Cirq-Lapopie to Cahors

    Love it! Thanks for the suggestions--that's a big bonus, to get off the D662.
  13. Dave

    Walking from Saint-Cirq-Lapopie to Cahors

    I've been lucky enough to walk the Célé Valley route a few times now, and I always struggle with the last chunk of it, between Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and Cahors. If you follow the "official" GR36 along the way, faithfully and completely, it'll run something like 35 to 39km, depending upon whether...
  14. Dave

    Trip Report: Le Puy to St Jean/Roncesvalles, via Lourdes

    Here are the stages that we followed from Lectoure (where we broke with the Via Podiensis), for your reference (all distances km). I wouldn't recommend some of these, but we only had so many days to work with, there will only so many accommodations that could absorb a group of our size, and my...
  15. Dave

    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    MMD will serve you well! They do really good work. I appreciate the sentiment, though.
  16. Dave

    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Cicerone doesn't have an official weight posted yet, Janet, but we can ballpark it. The current Norte/Primitivo guide is 312 pages and 380 grams. This one is set to be 296 pages... so 360 grams? The earlier editions of the Norte/Primitivo books were on the old paperstock Cicerone used, which...
  17. Dave

    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Hi everyone, I'm excited to share that next month I have a new guidebook coming out on the Via Podiensis through Cicerone. You can see the overview page here and a pretty significant preview on Google Books. Alison Raju was responsible for the guide for this route for years, and she first drew...
  18. Dave

    St. Cirq Detour on Voie Cele

    I think that would be totally workable, just keep in mind that those roads tend to be windy with little-to-no-shoulder. If you're comfortable with that, it would probably serve your purposes. The more common ways to trim a little distance in this stretch involve retired train bridges. For...
  19. Dave

    Paris to Le Puy

    It's tough timing. You probably couldn't catch the 6pm train to Lyon from the airport, so either you need to make the trip into the city, or wait until the 8pm train, which will get you into Lyon at 10pm. From there, you're still 2.5 hours from Le Puy, but I imagine you'd want to sleep. So, at...
  20. Dave

    Fear of heights - Le Puy July 2022

    I mean, I think it's awesome. Fortunately, I don't have acrophobia. OP sounded like their case is serious enough that the Célé Valley might pose problems. Maybe not for you? Here's a pic to give you a sense of what it's like in places. You be the judge.

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