Dan.inRealLife
New Member
Hello everyone!
Long time reader here. Many a days I've spent, daydreaming at my day job and reading these forums to get a feel of what I'm in store for in the near future.
I'm in a bit of a unique scenario, I'm American, ex-military (33 yrs old now), and living in France. I actually live almost right on top of the Geneva-Le Puy walking path, so I'm planning on just hopping down there and should be in Le Puy in about 4 or 5 days.
So far I have the Geneva-Le Puy guidebook. Planning on mailing that back home and getting the Le Puy-SJPP one in Le Puy. Thought about getting the Brierly guide for les Frances route as well.
I'm an avid outdoors person cursed with being a computer geek, so stuck at a desk all day. I'm not in bad shape, more of a what I would call 'unused' shape, so I'm planning on being in serious pain for the first week or two. This is actually one of the (if not main) reason for me doing this walk - to be out and about, on my feet, smelling fresh (and not so fresh) air every day. There's something about stagnation that makes me just feel bad after a while.
I'm planning on camping (or as the French call it, 'camping sauvage") in France for most of the way, mainly due to the price of lodging. They call it wild camping, but for an American, it's really just camping - tent, sleeping bag, small fire to cook stuff. Of course, it's all illegal, but from what I've read here it seems to be ok if you're nice about it.
Once in Spain I plan on probably mailing my tent / camping gear back home to cut down on unneeded weight. Of course, depending on wild I'm feeling, I can just keep camping now and then.
Anyone have experience in Sept/October in regards to camping, in France and Spain? Will I get chased by the locals?
Hope everyone is well, and maybe see you on the path soon!
Dan
Long time reader here. Many a days I've spent, daydreaming at my day job and reading these forums to get a feel of what I'm in store for in the near future.
I'm in a bit of a unique scenario, I'm American, ex-military (33 yrs old now), and living in France. I actually live almost right on top of the Geneva-Le Puy walking path, so I'm planning on just hopping down there and should be in Le Puy in about 4 or 5 days.
So far I have the Geneva-Le Puy guidebook. Planning on mailing that back home and getting the Le Puy-SJPP one in Le Puy. Thought about getting the Brierly guide for les Frances route as well.
I'm an avid outdoors person cursed with being a computer geek, so stuck at a desk all day. I'm not in bad shape, more of a what I would call 'unused' shape, so I'm planning on being in serious pain for the first week or two. This is actually one of the (if not main) reason for me doing this walk - to be out and about, on my feet, smelling fresh (and not so fresh) air every day. There's something about stagnation that makes me just feel bad after a while.
I'm planning on camping (or as the French call it, 'camping sauvage") in France for most of the way, mainly due to the price of lodging. They call it wild camping, but for an American, it's really just camping - tent, sleeping bag, small fire to cook stuff. Of course, it's all illegal, but from what I've read here it seems to be ok if you're nice about it.
Once in Spain I plan on probably mailing my tent / camping gear back home to cut down on unneeded weight. Of course, depending on wild I'm feeling, I can just keep camping now and then.
Anyone have experience in Sept/October in regards to camping, in France and Spain? Will I get chased by the locals?
Hope everyone is well, and maybe see you on the path soon!
Dan