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  1. Michelle G Daoust

    Boots or trainers?

    As mentioned above, a harder soled boots worked better for me than ‘trainers/runners, even trail runners’. Walked from Le Puy to SJPP last year and had to buy hard soled low ankle boots 1/2 way through….a lot of rocky ground. Spectacular Camino, food, people - a joy filled walk…if you have the...
  2. Michelle G Daoust

    Accommodation on Le Puy route (September/October)

    Hello/Bonjour Amby, May your walk be joyful! You may enjoy joining the GR 65 private facebook group - for those walking the Via Podiensis…Le Puy route. I found it useful and informative for my walk from Le Puy to SJPP last year (mid August to mid September). Here is a photo of the facebook...
  3. Michelle G Daoust

    Love this route!

    This is the name of the admin. Not sure if you can send private message?
  4. Michelle G Daoust

    Love this route!

    Hmmm, not that I recall. I’ll take a look and see if there is a personal contact I can send you. Best wishes.
  5. Michelle G Daoust

    Booking and Apps/Books

    Hi Laura, I booked the whole trip…something I was quite averse of doing…not my style…BUT I’m glad I did, as I didn’t have to think about accommodation at all for a month. It did take a lot of time and energy…I did make a few calls to the gites (I live in Canada)….alas, a good plan. Make your...
  6. Michelle G Daoust

    Booking and Apps/Books

    Hello Laura, You are in for a treat walking the Via Podiensis. As mentioned above, Miam Miam dodo is the guide book (2 if you are walking from Le Puy to SJPP) to get….easy to understand if you do not have French. My husband and I walked from Le Puy to SJPP, starting in August, last year...
  7. Michelle G Daoust

    Love this route!

    Hello Anthony, Wishing you and your wife a wonderful walk in France. You may be interested in joining the GR65 facebook page which has oodles of information from people who have/are walking the GR 65, the Via Podiensis. I’ll attach a photo of the facebook page. You can request to be invited...
  8. Michelle G Daoust

    Trail runners (waterproof and regular) for the Le Puy in April/May?

    Hi Lleslie, Oh super excited for you! We loved that walk…..did it in 2017…and I’ll bet it has changed since then. May you have a wonderful journey! I think light weight boots will be fine. I do think back on this change I had to make to runners - it was SO hot when we walked that I may have...
  9. Michelle G Daoust

    Trail runners (waterproof and regular) for the Le Puy in April/May?

    Hello…and best wishes for a wonderful journey in the Spring. My husband and I just recently completed the Via Podiensis (finished SJPP early Sept) starting in Le Puy, finishing at SJPP, 29 days later (Including a rest day in Cahors) The answer for your foot wear may depend on how many km. you...
  10. Michelle G Daoust

    Your Fave Le Puy Lodgings?

    Hmm, we stayed in Bach, but had been in Cajarc the night before (31 km). We were not too keen on the Gites d’étape- Chambres D’hotes La Grange Saint Jacques. We heard the next day fromothers who had a great stay at one of the other places in Bach (are you using miam miam dodo as a guide?). This...
  11. Michelle G Daoust

    Your Fave Le Puy Lodgings?

    May your walk be nourishing! Just returned to Canada after completing the walk from Le Puy To St. Jean Pied du Port. Here are some places my husband and I enjoyed along the way….. * St. private d’Allier: Gites de La Cabourne. Excellent communal meal (dinner and good breakfast); spotless; well...
  12. Michelle G Daoust

    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Looking forward to picking your book I ordered….it awaits me at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris (spending a few days there before beginning my walk on Aug. 7th). The store was wonderful in ordering the book for me, as it would not have arrived in Canada prior to my departure...
  13. Michelle G Daoust

    New Cicerone Guidebook on the Via Podiensis

    Hello Ramble-on. If you are starting in Le Puy and there is a book store there, you can contact them to see if they will order it in. I have the guide book waiting for me at Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore in Paris, as I will be spending a few days there before taking the train to Le Puy and...
  14. Michelle G Daoust

    Via Podiensis

    Hi Bill. Thank you for that info re: Aug. 15th national holiday 🤩….will keep that in mind when walking. We have booked two nights in Le Puy and the first night in Saint-Privat-d’Allier…and we’ll go from there (seems booking the night before, or the morning of the walk is the way to go on this...
  15. Michelle G Daoust

    Via Podiensis

    Merci!
  16. Michelle G Daoust

    Via Podiensis

    Sounds lovely…and I keep hearing about the fabulous food! Wonderful that you are enjoying a new path after your previous walks. My husband and I from BC, Canada, leave on August 7th from Le Puy (spending several days in Paris prior to the walk). Do you have a suggestion for a gites in Le Puy...
  17. Michelle G Daoust

    Le Puy to SJPP

    Thank you Scott for your response and suggestions. I think the download route is a good one. Ha ha....yep, the old 10C paths :cool: happy trails. A great blog by Jenny and Keith, www.Walkinginfrance.info May be of interest to some of you.
  18. Michelle G Daoust

    Le Puy to SJPP

    Merci!
  19. Michelle G Daoust

    Le Puy to SJPP

    Thank you TerryL - excited for that to be our adventure next year. I speak French well enough, husband, not so much, thus a welcome, like you describe, sounds lovely. All previous time in France has been nothing short of marvellous....and the food everyone on line has noted....well, what more...
  20. Michelle G Daoust

    Le Puy to SJPP

    thank you! Miam Miam dodo it is ☺

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