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I stayed at gîte les Bouleaux Nains in Lajo, it was the gîte with the most people when I was there with almost 20 around the big table at night, very lively - other places in the area were booked out. There was no wifi there (when I needed it) in late April. It's quite off the trail.
This tendency towards booking everything in advance is making it more difficult to walk a spontaneous Camino. I suppose the majority of those booking in advance are reserving private rooms, but if the shared dormitory accommodation becomes full, then those not wanting to be stuck to rigid...
I want to add my notes towards taking the three railway bridge shortcuts on the section Conduché – Cahors.
Bridge 1: After coming down from the descent into Conduché I took the GR651 along the D662 into Bouziés. This was surely the most dangerous section I encountered. One of my fellow French...
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