Life keeps whittling away at my available times to return (CF 17). Please offer your experience on the Le Puy. I will only walk for 2-3 weeks, starting 2nd week in October—-weather? Available beds (prefer single rooms as I “purr” and do not want to disturb others)? Lonely with few pilgrims? Thank you for opinions/experiences/suggestions.
Hi
@Mobilemejen
Mine was mainly a positive experience but developed ‘corns’ which stopped my walking at SJPdP (it was early October then ).
Weather in September was glorious so you could be lucky during the day in October. (Although the rainy day I experienced was a cold one even walking).
Accommodation on this route is ‘different ‘ to Spain , in that there are many gites and I found you were better off booking ahead ., especially for the nights of weekends( best to make sure you have sorted bookings by mid week for weekends). Food is great and usually the places you book have demi pension (bed, dinner and breakfast ).
There are quite a lot of guide books out there.
Accommodation listed in ‘the Miam miam dodo’ guide includes information about inclusions like wifi or languages spoken, phone number , emails etc.
Also a great little guide as it’s a quick reference and shows daily profiles is the ‘Michelin guide’.
Stayed first 2 nights (in Le Puy) right at top so was close to attend the mass at start of day1. A blessing to all the pilgrims at the end of the mass. (Heaps of pilgrims !)
Mass was all in French (naturellement ).
However when left to my own devices further along the way, my schoolgirl French sufficed and later walked with an Irish couple with perfect French and later with 2 French Canadians who kept me practicing my French.
I’m attaching a link also for the Gronze Le Puy .(I hope I’ve done it right).
Not sure what you’ve found so far but may help others, if not yourself.
https://www.gronze.com/camino-santiago-le-puy
Happy planning
Annie