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  1. gml

    Best Time of Year to Start Camino Le Puy

    I walked Le Puy to Roncesvalles from Sept 28 to Nov 2, 2014, and encountered a heat wave midway (30-35C for more than a week) and a day or two of showers, but otherwise it was quite nice. To me, a bigger issue than weather was noise. It was autumn, the harvest was in full swing, and there was a...
  2. gml

    LIVE from the Camino Walking from Le Puy - after a rocky (anxious) start!

    I started from Le Puy on September 29 and had lots of company for the first 200 km, to Conques, which is a very popular ten-day walk among French retirees in the fall. After that, it did thin out considerably — I encountered maybe ten other pilgrims all the way to SJPP , and on many nights I was...
  3. gml

    LIVE from the Camino Walking from Le Puy - after a rocky (anxious) start!

    If you're in Le Puy, try to find a copy of Miam Miam Dodo. This is a guide to accommodation along the way, with maps. It's in French, but it's more like a phone book than a guide book, so language doesn't matter.
  4. gml

    LIVE from the Camino Walking from Le Puy - after a rocky (anxious) start!

    It's not a little different from the Camino Frances; it is very different! But you will be fine if you seek the help available (tourist office, demi-pension host, fellow pelerins) to book accommodation in advance and if you carry food/water during the day when there are often no open shops or...
  5. gml

    Recommendations for rest days

    I recommend Figeac, and, if you have time, an overnight trip to the spectacular town of Rocamadour, which is about 45 km away. You can walk the route, as some do, but there is a 35-minute train from Figeac that lets you off 5 km from Rocamadour.
  6. gml

    Best time to walk the Le Puy

    I, too, spent my 60th birthday on the Le Puy, solo, leaving Le Puy on about September 30 and arriving in Roncesvalles on November 2. The weather was mostly beautiful, verging on scorching (~30-35C one week), and the countryside at its autumnal best, sans rain. HOWEVER, it was harvest season, and...
  7. gml

    Camino Le Puy video

    Thank you so much for your thoughtful and beautifully made videos. I couldn't stop watching until I had seen them all! I love especially that you took the time to capture details and to notice other creatures on the way, from cows and cats to caterpillars and praying mantises. And I now have a...
  8. gml

    Starting slowly on the Le Puy route

    This is such true and excellent advice that I'm quoting it so that it will have a second play on this thread!
  9. gml

    Rocamadour too many tourists?

    When I was there in mid-October 2014, the tourists came by day on buses and were gone at night. I stayed in the clifftop Centre d'accueil et d'hébergement Notre-Dame and, as far as I could tell, had the place entirely to myself. I had dinner on the main street, and afterwards the town was so...
  10. gml

    Accommodation recommendations GR65 Le Puy to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ...

    Here are some comfortable places between Le Puy and Conques where, in October 2014, I enjoyed demi-pension with delicious meals (all are in Miam-Miam Dodo): a) Saint-Privat-d'Allier: Gite La Cabourne, http://www.lacabourne.fr/ b) Le Sauvage: Auberge du Sauvage (the only accommodation in Le...
  11. gml

    Sim's Card

    On Le Puy last fall, I used Orange for phone and data (wifi is not as readily available as in Spain), but it was more expensive than cited above because the only temporary plan that was available, the "Orange Holiday" plan, gives only 14 days of service. I paid ~40 euros for a SIM card and the...
  12. gml

    Accommodation in Le Puy

    I stayed at the Grand-Séminaire du Puy for two nights at the end of September 2014 in a large single room with a sink (showers/toilets down the hall) for 22 euros, including breakfast. There were only three guests in the whole huge place at that time, and dinner was in a homey dining room with...
  13. gml

    Miam Miam Dodo guide and Michelin mapbook

    I had both the book and the app and they coincided pretty well, but if taking only one, I'd probably opt for the book because it's easier and faster to scan the listings when they're all on one page. On the other hand, if you have GPS on your phone, the app can save you from getting lost or...
  14. gml

    Cahors - St. Jean Pied du Port

    The number of walkers would depend entirely on when you go. In October last year, I met only eight pilgrims all the way from Cahors to SJPP!
  15. gml

    First day from Le Puy -- via Bain vs GR 65 through St Christophe

    It seems the local business owners are in league against the man on the road because he directs pilgrims toward the Bain route and away from the newer and more "commercial" GR route. I took the Bain route last fall and actually witnessed an argument and car chase, the pursuer being a...
  16. gml

    Phone Cards and Internet Access

    This past October on Le Puy, I saw only about two or three computers along the way for public use. I didn't check libraries, but as wawpdx noted above, municipal offices and businesses were closed much of the time so that wouldn't have been a sure bet. Bear in mind, too, that most French...
  17. gml

    Conditions on Le Puy in late Sept/Oct?

    I can now answer my own question! I left Le Puy on September 30 and arrived in Roncesvalles November 3, with a two-day side trip by train from Figeac to Rocamadour and back. The weather was mildly rainy off and on during the first ten days to Conques, but a heat wave set in during the last two...
  18. gml

    Conditions on Le Puy in late Sept/Oct?

    Thanks very much for your replies. This is quite encouraging!
  19. gml

    Conditions on Le Puy in late Sept/Oct?

    I am thinking about walking Le Puy starting in late September and going into October, but am concerned that that might be too late in the season for reasons of both weather and accommodation. I have seen a few photo-blogs that show very gray, rainy weather in October, and reports of gites...

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