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  1. NicMen

    Lourdes to SJPP

    There was a little pizza place near the church.
  2. NicMen

    Lourdes to SJPP

    Hi roamingpaddy, I did this route in early September 2016, except that I stayed in Arudy instead of Ste Colome and in Ordiarp instead of Mauleon. The route is generally well marked with red and white markers. The only tricky sections were leaving L'Opital St Blaise (where I decided to follow the...
  3. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    This is the only part of the Camino that I found fading almost to nothing at the top of Col de Napale... it is beautiful but you need to be careful not to get lost. Here, Gaia GPS was really helpful too. I have a couple of videos of this area but I don't seem to be able to upload them here...
  4. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    These are a couple of images showing directions to the Gite La Loja in Garaibie and a sign between Ordiarp and Garaibie showing the path to take to go to St Just Ibarre, the next destination towards SJPdP.
  5. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    Hi Smurphy, I used an app called Gaia GPS, which enabled me to download maps of the region before I went to use them off-line. This was great help as I was able to check every now and then if I was on track when I hadn't seen the red and white marks for a while. But I agree with Stacey in...
  6. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    Hi qalawun. I did my trip in Sep/Oct last year from Lourdes to SdC and it was fantastic. I agree that the first week walking in the South of France until I got to St Jean Pied de Port was great training and that helped a lot to make the crossing of the Pyrenees a lot easier. I was intending to...
  7. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    Well, I've just returned from my Camino. A few days ago I was in a room in Madrid and wrote this: As I'm getting ready for my flight back home tomorrow, I was tidying up my backpack, which included removing my Santiago pilgrim shell from it. Since I tied it up 'properly' in Lourdes a month and a...
  8. NicMen

    Walking the Pre-Pyrenean Piemonte Camino end of August 2016?

    Ah, you'll probably be much faster than me! Enjoy and take care. Buen Camino!
  9. NicMen

    Walking the Pre-Pyrenean Piemonte Camino end of August 2016?

    Hi Colette. I'll be arriving in Lourdes 29th Aug and starting my walk from there on 31st via SJPdP. Might see you along the way perhaps?
  10. NicMen

    Lourdes to SJPP

    Oh, I'm so glad I came across this thread! No food in Asson??!! Nice to know! I'm planning to walk from Lourdes to SdC through SJPdP starting 31st Aug 16 and this info in invaluable! THANK YOU!
  11. NicMen

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    Thank you so much donalomahony. I'm planning to start from Lourdes at the end of August and this info is invaluable!

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