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MermaidLilli said:Where did you stay in LePuy Bob? How much?
Lillian
Thornley said:We are walking Le Puy to St. J next July/Aug.
Not going further than St. Jean Pied de Port. Could you give some indication on the accommodation during these months. We have been told these months are not as popular as May or Sept and being hot.D
The yellow markers are usually regional trails in France, so you generally should ignore them! Follow the GR red and white (and the escargot shortcut!). Maps always are handy in France, too.BTW, the red/white route markers are good for the GR65, but the yellow chemin de compostelle markers are occasionally confusing. In fact that is why I took the wrong way to Golinhac.
nellpilgrim said:I wonder Bob if you were to walk this section again what,if any, changes would you make from the first time? Nell
falcon269 said:The yellow markers are usually regional trails in France, so you generally should ignore them! Follow the GR red and white (and the escargot shortcut!). Maps always are handy in France, too.
nellpilgrim said:Merci Bob vous etes tre gentil, and this is great information and advice. I will certainly be taking it 'doucement'!. One of the reasons I am tackling this route in sections, rather than as a 'one off', is that I want to take time to savour the journey and to be able to detour to see see anything that interests me off route.
Many thanks
Nell
BobM said:How to avoid a sopping wet pack?: Walking on hot days, the back of my pack and the contents in immediate contact with it became sopping wet with sweat..... The pack needed some sort of spacer to keep it just off the back and allow air to circulate. Does anyone know of such a product?
Bob M
nellpilgrim said:Being so disarmingly open about your less successful approaches Bob-and sharing the learnings you made from them is very generous. And by being allowed to 'stand on the shoulders' of your experience, and Margaret's, there is one 'would be Le Puyite' who will plan and travel with a little more confidence.
nellpilgrim said:Hi Bob, Enjoying reading these and the photographs are lovely.
Thanks again
Nell
nellpilgrim said:Lovely postings about the singing Bob, and I hate to bring the tone down with my next question but....what about the bed bugs was they only in St Chely or where the little blighters elsewhere?
Nell
BobM said:August 19 Singing
The first singer: I was talking with another pilgrim about how beautiful some of the walking paths were. She confessed to being so happy in some places that she burst into song - but looked around in alarm in case someone else was listening.
BobM said:Conques is also a very popular town for tourists. I felt I was in a parallel universe as I wandered the streets, peering through a veil at exotic creatures from another world. I seemed to be invisible to them in some odd way. We were interested in different things, so our universes did not collide.
Bob M
KiwiNomad06 said:But I know that as I descended into Conques and came face to face with tourists, I knew I had been in a completely different place. I had experienced the joy of walking in some beautiful landscapes for days, and I had needed to persevere even when conditions were tough and my feet were tender. Somehow I had been somewhere that I wouldn't be able to explain to those dressed in quality clothes, shopping for luxury goods....Margaret
BobM said:Gitti, would you mind posting a list of the places you stayed at after Conques? I will soon be planning the Conques/SJPDP leg and will try to fit in into 20 days. Bob M
gittiharre said:I felt in a panic at times and wanted to go back home to New Zealand, but made myself hang in there.
Aug 16 Brocante
Today I walked 21 km to Lasbros, a small hamlet about 6 km beyond the larger town of Aumont-Aubrac. Many people might have preferred to stay in Aumont-Aubrac for the atmosphere and excitement. The whole town was taken over by a big brocante and most of the streets were blocked to vehicles.
The brocantes of high summer were common in many of the towns I passed through from Le Puy to Conques. There were street stalls piled with fantastic local foods and produce, antiques(?), bric-a-brac. There was the excited tumult of street performers, music, crowds, pilgrims, families en vacance. Voila!
Very exciting, why not stop here? No, M and Mme Hernandez awaited me at their gite in Lasbros, so I trudged on in the burning heat. This was another excellent place to stay, only one other pilgrim, and very hospitable hosts.
Random note: The roads were often lined with blackberry bushes and the sweet little fruit were ripening to their peak. I often stopped and ate these luscious treats. Once I even passed a little section of wild raspberries and enjoyed them as well. There were also plum trees, pear trees, apple trees and big, shady chestnut trees along the way, but none of the fruit was ripe.
Today's pic features some of the various types of crosses that pilgrims commonly see along the way. New crosses are still being built. Every one must tell its own story, and maybe some of the better guidebooks give more background on them.
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