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Camino Chrissy
Rom /Romuald and Aideen sold up in 2019 and are now happily living back in their home country in Ireland with their son Mathieu.I always stayed with them in Moissac.They were very welcoming and I appreciated their hospitality and friendship.
Kulich
Latest news reports from France indicate fires burning in the Gironde ,south of Bordeaux and Les Landes.This is on the Chemin de Tours .People are being evacuated from their homes.You can read these reports on the internet via Reuters ,a reliable news source.
Hallo Robert
There is the Bus Compostelle which services the Chemin de St Jacques from Le Puy en Velay to Conques which just so happens to be the most popular section of this route.
You can take this bus from Nasbinal to Conques and on checking the timetable it leaves around 9.20 a.m.From...
The
Neve
The Vézelay ,Le Puy and the Paris/ Tours routes meet at the Stele of Gibraltar not at St Palais.
The famous Madame Chassain ,sadly deceased ,who wrote the excellent guide
on the Vézelay Route would be horrified
after all her best endeavours to learn that some people think St Palais...
Hi Neve
I can only suggest you take the short cut from Aroue directly to Harambeltz cutting out St Palais and the stele of Gibraltar.
I assume you are staying in the gîte communal in Aroue and the hospitalier there would be able to help with directions.
If you can access Gronze there is a very...
There is an existing thread on this subject
under heading of App Miam Dodo not available as posted by Antonius Vaessen on 7 May 2021.A very informative thread where you will find the answer to your question.
In addition to the excellent detailed information from Tandem there is a Pilgrim Information Centre staffed by volunteers from the Federation of French Associations of St Jacques de Compostelle.The address is 23 Rue des Tables , Le Puy en Velay.
Hi Sandman,I walked from Cluny to Le Puy en Velay in 2018.I used the Orange guide
which is produced by the Association Rhone -Alpes des Amis de St Jacques .The guide is based on local knowledge as the members of this association live on this route.The guide states that the distance from Cluny...
Geneva to Le Puy is around 350 kms .I have walked it twice using the yellow guide available from the Les Amis de St Jacques de Compostelle Rhône/Alpes.The Lyons- Le Puy guide is also available from them.
Both times it took me 15 days .I believe the
average is 18 days.It is a beautiful route and...
A J ,if you are planning to stay in Arthez de Béarn I can recommend the gîte Boulangerie Brousse.This was my 3rd time walking the Le Puy route and first time to stay in this gîte. Monsieur Brousse is a wonderful kind hearted man.I was told about his gîte in 2006 and at that time the...
I started from Cluny on 31/5 /2018 and arrived in St Jean Pied de Port on 11/7.After Figeac I took the variant by the Vallée de Célé which was beautiful.I stayed in the gîte of the Abbé in Conques which was excellent.
I had the privilege of reading the lesson in english before the blessing...
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