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  1. Richard P

    Saint-Palais to Bayonne?

    Hello Cathy In 2015 I left the GR 65 at St. Palais and followed the route to Hendaye which was reasonably well marked but I'm sure that 9 years later it will be better. I walked part of it with an older couple who were walking home to Normandy ! It is a lovely walk through the foothills of the...
  2. Richard P

    What’s a Good Gite to Stay at in Le Puy?

    I stayed at an accueil jacquaires (?) at 28 Rue Cardinal de Polignac which is near the cathedral and had private rooms and a dormitory. It was definitely not an Ibis but adequate.
  3. Richard P

    To book or not to book!

    Hello Lee On my two walks (2015 May -July, and 2018 Sept-Oct) I never booked ahead although on several occasions the hospitalero(a) would call ahead because a good friend ran a gite in what was going to be the next days stop. I also do not have a cell phone, something I will have for my next...
  4. Richard P

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Hello Rellrog et al Yes we do know that for a fact: I have before me the two guides I used walking from Geneva. They are the FFRandonnee guide Sentier vers Saint-Jacques-de- Compostelle GR 65 Geneve - Le Puy Ref 650 and the FFR guide Sentier vers Saint-Jacques-de-Compostells GR 65 Le Puy -...
  5. Richard P

    Montreal du Gers Accommadation

    Hello again Marbuck I have mentioned in other posts that I never booked ahead. The reason was that there were so many places to stay which were not listed in the various guide books. In discussion with other pilgrims/ pelerins we decided that the reason must be that the number of people walking...
  6. Richard P

    Building Le Puy itinerary. Thoughts and suggestions?

    Hello Michael I walked that last year but then followed the Norte to SDC. The first day out of Le Puy was to Monistrol where there is a very unwelcoming looking from the outside Accueil but very comfortable on the inside. It is at the bottom of a steep hill. Just follow the goat path down from...
  7. Richard P

    Another itinerary: small section Le Puy - Conques

    Hello Amy I think your plan is do-able if as Kitsambler says "your are fit". I walked that section last May in 7 days but had already done 350 km by the time I reached Le Puy. By June the weather "should" be good. I just looked in my journal and on May 21 between Quatre Chemin and Aubrac it...
  8. Richard P

    Reflections on the Le Puy

    Wow! What an interesting discussion. I walked completely across France last year and even though I am a Canadian and did take French in school a very long time ago, I am by no means fluent. But I got along just fine. I found everyone helpful and patient as I sometimes struggled to make myself...
  9. Richard P

    Saint Palais

    Hello Marbuck I took the variant into St. Palais when I walked it last June. It was fine except that is was raining in biblical proportions all the way from Navarrenx , which is also a very nice old town. I would love to go back to see what the countryside looks like! buen camino
  10. Richard P

    February start on the Via Gebenensis

    Hello CR I have just finished the Geneva to STJdC. I left Geneva on April 30th and on May 14th hiked through a blizzard in the Aubrac with blowing snow and cold -4 and as fearsome as any which I have experienced in Canada. The GOOD part was that it only lasted about 4 hours, then the clouds...

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