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    Conques to Decazeville

    We walked from Conques to Livinhac le Haut and didn't go down in to Decazeville at all as advised by the staff at the Monastry albergue, following back roads once we had climbed out of Conques.
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    Short walk in France - planning

    Le Puy to Conques is the most popular stretch with several villages on the 'most beautiful' list - as mentioned in my earlier post we prebooked all our accommodation up to Conques. After this we only booked 2-3 days ahead. A lot of French (and others from Europe) walk in 1-2 week blocks...
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    Short walk in France - planning

    We had a 14km day from Montbonnet to Monistrol d'Allier then 12km from there to Sauges and 10km from Senergues to Conques. Otherwise about 17 - 26km You can see our stages and where we stayed (some may still be operating!) in my blog walking500more.wordpress.com if you are interested. As...
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    Short walk in France - planning

    Bonjour! If you have 10- 11 days to walk you could finish in the amazing village of Conques. We walked from Le Puy en Valey to SJPdP in 2018 - taking 11 days to Conques but we walked some shorter days. We booked all our accommodation up to here before we left home (Adelaide,Australia) as this...
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    Historical monthly weather on Chemin Le Puy

    We were amongst the wet May/June 2018 group😅 started May 20, apparantly knee deep snow the week before. We encounted a few flooded tracks, intermittant showers, occasional thunderstorms giving way to warm to hot days into SJPP. Some days envolved multiple wardrobe changes with wet weather...
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    Rest Days on the Podiensis

    Another vote for Figeac - our only full rest day. Although had planned on a day trip to Rocamadour we ended up just exploring the markets and town, forward planning, chores etc. Instead of further rest days we did several short days to spend the afternoon in town - Conques (stayed in Senergues...
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    Le Puy to Santiago - what time of year

    We walked from Le Puy en Velay to SJPP in May/June 2018:) Lots of flowering plants with fields of spring flowers on the Aubrac Plateau - beautiful😊
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    Best Time of Year to Start Camino Le Puy

    We walked from mid May 2018. Some wet days, a couple of thunderstorms then becoming hot towards the Pyrenees. It had been a very wet Spring there so some muddy tracks and a couple of flooded ones with road walk arounds. Beautiful scenery, lush and green, lots of wild flowers and fields of...
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    Trail runners (waterproof and regular) for the Le Puy in April/May?

    Thanks for your reply Michelle - I'll start with boots and see how I go. We are excited too😊 Gosh, the weather you had on the Le Puy sounds extreme - maybe the mud and wet on ours wasn't so bad after all!
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    Trail runners (waterproof and regular) for the Le Puy in April/May?

    Hi Michelle, we are doing the Portuguese from Lisbon next May and was planning on light weight boots too - have always hiked in boots with no/minimal issues - so I'm interested that you needed to change to trail runners during that caminho. Was this because of the cobblestones causing issues? I...
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    Trail runners (waterproof and regular) for the Le Puy in April/May?

    After having soaking wet footwear on the Frances in May 2014 in a storm crossing the Pyrenees I chose waterproof footwear for my Le Puy to SJPP in May 2018. Very thankful as it was a wet Spring and even when the weather fined up our shoes were wet with dew on grassy trails which would have...
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking from Le Puy - after a rocky (anxious) start!

    I totally agree! It was here, sitting in the shade by the chapel gazing out at the valley and mountains that I had a real sense of achievement and where 'it all came together'😊 (another pilgrim in pic, Sorry - couldn't work out how to rotate!)
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    Your Fave Le Puy Lodgings?

    Hi Susan, between Limogne en Quercy and Cahors we stayed at gite Poudally in Mas de Vers/Lalbenque about 300m off the GR65 - great place, purpose built extension off the old house and restaurant quality food. You'll find all the places we stayed, the majority with demi pension on my blog from...
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking from Le Puy - after a rocky (anxious) start!

    We had very little French language conversation skills apart from the basics but were able to initiate a tentative conversation by asking where had they started that morning and where were they staying tonight. We also learned quite quickly to mention that we were from Australia as we found that...
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    Hiking Camino via Podiensis September 2022

    We walked in May/June 2018 so can't comment for later in the year but can confirm the food in the gites was excellent - we always went for demi-pension when available. On the couple of times it wasn't we were in towns where there were cafe/restaurant/grocery stores available. We almost always...
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    Le Puy and French Cooking

    This beautiful book may interest you, gorgeous photos, history and some recipes from along the pilgrimage trails in France. Written by a fellow South Australian:) sorry about the quality of the photos. Linda
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    Washer and Dryer at the Gites?

    Mostly we hand washed our clothes, occasionally a communal machine wash was offered.
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    Lyon Accommodations

    We stayed at the Away Hostel, short walk from the train station and city centre. Really enjoyed the free (donation) guided walk around the old town then took the funicular up to the Roman ruins and on to the cathedral at the top - amazing. Bon Chemin🙂
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    Fear of heights - Le Puy July 2022

    We walked this route in 2018 and didn't feel unsafe altho there are plenty of ups and downs. Yes, steep, high stone stairs after the Volentré Bridge in Cahors. We didn't see anything like your second photo but that may be because of the weather we were advised by the hospitaleros at the Abbeye...
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    LIVE from the Camino Live from the Podiensis

    I have so enjoyed your beautifully detailed descriptions which transports me right back there! I've been following along with my picture book reliving all those memories. Here is one of folk dancing in Navarrenx when we were there. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for your foot. Bon chemin, Linda

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