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    Prescriptions on the Via Podiensis

    Hi, Just in case you need to refill, make sure to know the INN (International Nonproprietary Name) of your medication. French equivalent : DCI (Dénomination Commune Internationale). More on INN : https://www.who.int/teams/health-product-and-policy-standards/inn/guidance-on-inn
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    Rest Days on the Podiensis

    Hi, Among other ones, Figeac (Musée des écritures), Moissac (abbaye), Navarrenx. I did and enjoyed.
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    Le Puy-en-Velay to St. Privat d’Allier in one day?

    Hi, in fact the descent to the river leads to Monistrol-d'Allier. Saint-Privat is on the top of a hill. and Monistrol is on the river, after a bridge built by Gustave Eiffel This being said, Le Puy - St-Privat is less strenuous, by far, than SJPdP-Roncesvalles, but is a significant stage...
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    Miam Miam Dodo for Camino Le Puy

    "Vieux Crayon" FAQs : "Chaque eBook est millésimé, tout comme nos guides Miam Miam Dodo papier. Si vous achetez une édition 2022 d'un ebook, il ne se mettra pas automatiquement à jour en 2023 avec les nouvelles informations des hébergements et services." = Each eBook has a year of issue, just as...
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    Miam Miam Dodo for Camino Le Puy

    Hi, A bit of caution, from the "Vieux Crayon" site : E-books : https://www.levieuxcrayon.com/11-nos-e-books : "Aucun produit disponible pour le moment" = "No product available right now" (i.e. 2023 issue not yet available). Kindle, from FAQs : https://www.levieuxcrayon.com/17-faq-e-books...
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    Miam Miam Dodo for Camino Le Puy

    Hi, There used to be a single book for the Le Puy-SJPP stages. I guess the content has extended, leading to two separate volumes, as mentioned by Jouffroy47. And one more for the Célé valley and Rocamadour alternatives.
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    Miam Miam Dodo for Camino Le Puy

    Sure! Some more info is useful for the various alternatives. And beware of GR crossings: in Varaire, you may shift to GR36 if you don't pay attention :oops:
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    Miam Miam Dodo for Camino Le Puy

    Hi, Here they are, in two volumes, 2023 issue : https://www.levieuxcrayon.com/7-guides-miam-miam-dodo Recommended.
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    Via Podiensis

    Hi, A bit of luck for you to be in Le Puy on August 15 : a very special day, as expected in a city dedicated to Mary. Street processions, displaying the famous "black virgin", etc. More here for this year : https://www.villes-sanctuaires.com/agenda/le-puy-en-velay and pics from 2021 events...
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    Le Puy Mid-August

    Hi, The 2021 festivities are scheduled : https://www.catholique-lepuy.fr/actualites/festivites-des-1314-et-15-aout-2021/
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    How-to guide to the Le Puy route

    Hi, From Le Puy to SJPdP, the only place where I had to use my hands for one or two steps in some kind of "climbing" was at the exit of Cahors, a steep cliff next to the Pont Valentré (on the left of this picture). Walking on the road would avoid this section. Getting out of Conques is also...
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    Le Puy musings and plannings....

    Hi, There are several French diets, rather than a single one. Meals served to pilgrims/hikers on the Chemin du Puy tend to: 1 - bring much energy (you neeed it) 2 - recall local traditional meals of the various areas. With some over-simplification: . sausages and lentils from Le Puy to...
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    Le Puy musings and plannings....

    Hi, Your plan is correct and rather conventional. Maybe somewhat on the "fast track" side. Be aware that some of the stages, especially the second one into Saugues are more than hilly, with kilometers looking more than 1,000m! As the saying goes "Auvergne is a tough country, with more ascents...
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    Rest day

    The river was called the Olt in the Occitan language, used in the South of France. Lot is the equivalent in "standard/modern" French. Easier to pronounce ? The specialists call this change a metathesis. Another example is "formage" becoming "fromage".
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    Rest day

    Read "Saint-Côme d'Olt"
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    Where would you plan a rest day on the Le Puy route?

    Hi Chanina, Between Espalion and SJPdP, we stopped in the following cities, for a rest day after some 10 days of walking : - Figeac (nice city, Musée Champollion...) - Moissac (abbey) - Navarrenx (nice walled city).
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    Le Puy Mid-August

    Il you want to see something special, be in Le Puy on the 15th to attend the and start your camino on the 16th.
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    Ups and downs

    Not sure. In my Miam-Miam Dodo (2014), the direct way to Livinhac is a mentioned as as "shortcut" ("raccourci" in French). Maybe a confusion as : "Conques direct to Livinhac" is longer than "Conques to Decazeville" but shorter than "Conques to Decazeville to Livinhac". Good to know that the...
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    Ups and downs

    No, for the department of Aveyron, the bishop and his cathedral are in Rodez.
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    Back to Via Podiensis

    BTW, Navarrenx is one of the "plus beaux villages de France" (nicest villages of France, a label). Meeting the local Saint-James association is possible every evening. We did.

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