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siena423 said:my husband now wants to do it with me but only if we start from notre dame. is it well signposted, are there any guidebooks, places to stay etc. thanks for your help siena
Peter Robins said:the CSJ guide is way out of date now, tho someone is supposed to be updating it at the moment.
yes, likewise. I would imagine the Normans and Bretons too are disappointed that they see few English pilgrims on their routes. One problem for the CSJ guide is it's such a long route. Not much changes as regards the 'places to see' info, but trying to maintain a full guide with detailed route and accommodation lists is a lot of work, as this info changes frequently. I did offer to help with the maintenance of the CSJ guide a few years back, but I certainly don't have the time to do a full 'rewrite'.Gareth Thomas said:I would love to see this route become more popular with English pilgrims
That would be very good. I have been intending to write some sort of online guide expanding on my 'Routes from Channel Ports' page http://pilgrim.peterrobins.co.uk/routes/channel.html but have been busy with other things and not had time to even walk them, let along write any sort of guide. Mind you, I have always been of the view that if you have mapping then you don't need a detailed route guide, so I will probably concentrate on that. I'm also coming more to the view that it might be better to concentrate more on walking from England to nearer shrines like MSM, Chartres or Tours rather than Santiago. Perhaps a yearly event from London/Canterbury/Winchester to Chartres would be a good place to start.Gareth Thomas said:I will create some kind of booklet for the Dieppe-Tours route
the Orleans branch of the GR655 is now shown on the latest IGN maps - at least as far as Orleans - so I've added it to my mapping. I've also added the alternative routes from the various Compostelan organisations that cut out excessive meanders of the GR. The Loiret group's Etampes-Orleans route is a full 63km shorter than the GR!Peter Robins said:See my web page for more details, including detailed mapping of the Chartres route from the Tour St Jacques (I'm not sure of the exact line of the Orleans branch in a couple of places - I've been meaning to go and reconnoitre, but . . .) http://pilgrim.peterrobins.co.uk/routes ... paris.html
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