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sagalouts said:it seems the miam miam dodo guide is the bible for the Le Puy route,but if the only use for it for non French speakers is a list of Accommodation and telephone numbers which can be got elsewhere ((xacobeo)-would it not be better for me to get the CSJ guide"le puy to the pyrenees" by alison raju for a third of the price-has anyone used this guide I can find no mention of it on the forum?
Ian ( i start from Le Puy 1st April)
Ian, honestly it isn't like the "Galician gallop' in the least, it's just that there are sometimes not quite enough beds in busy times, in the gites. But the flip side of that is that on the Le Puy route there are places like the tourist offices and the mairie (Mayor's office) where people willingly help you find a place to stay if you don't have one. Occasionally that might mean a more expensive chambre d'hote, but it might also be a private home that isn't ordinarily listed. In Aire sur l'Adour a woman in the Tourist Office spent twenty minutes of her lunchtime willingly ringing around to find a place for my friends who hadn't managed to make a booking. The French lunchtime is 'sacred', so she really did go beyond the call of duty!sagalouts said:it seems that all this phoning ahead is a bit like the "Galician gallop" was heartened to read that some places keep beds available for walkers that just turn, up-don't like the idea of a fixed finishing point-hence the tent,
Ian
an't got an option Gitti, at an average spend of 50 euro's per day 40 days to SJPP thats 2000 euro's and maybe another 1000 to Santiago,but I'm not masochistic-the weight will be kept to just over 10kilo's-well below the 10% of my 6ft frame.gittiharre said:I really would not bother with a tent. Carrying extra stuff is miserable
Ian, I never spent anywhere near 50 Euros per day on the Le Puy route, except for the night I ended up in a chambre d'hote. If it cost me around 28-30 Euro for demi-pension, that meant I had paid for bed, dinner and breakfast. My only other cost on a 'normal' day was then to buy something suitable to eat for lunch. (And if it was a Monday or one of the string of public holidays in May in France, or if I was somewhere 'rural' without a store, I had to have planned ahead, unless there was a loose tin of sardines still rolling around in the bottom of my pack.....otherwise it was a long wait between breakfast and dinner, but no cost! )sagalouts said:an't got an option Gitti, at an average spend of 50 euro's per day 40 days to SJPP thats 2000 euro's
Ian
Ian, I stayed at the 'pilgrim lodgings' in Estaing run by a Christian community, and also several other places exclusively for pilgrims. I guess I never ever see those kind of lodgings as 'cheap'. They are sometimes 'donativo', and I expect to give at least as much in those situations as I would elsewhere.sagalouts said:what I find strange is that nowhere in the Le Puy forum is mention of anyone staying at the 15 Pilgrim lodgings ( not Gite d Etape) or the 33 official camping places between Le Puy and SJPP (godesalco)
thanks DavidThornley said:Take what comes , put up with it and enjoy.You will hava a wonderful time.
CSJ carry it in London. Not sure where you are planning to start in France, but you can buy it in the sacristy in Le-Puy-en-Velay where you also get your credential.robmc said:is it possible to buy the Miam Miam Dodo guide in London?
Ian, Internet is not as easily available on the Le Puy route as on the Camino Frances. But you sometimes find it in libraries, tourist offices, and in one place someone even left his desk in the Mairie so we could use the internet... Sometimes stationery shops will have a computer in a corner.sagalouts said:I leave London for Le-puy 30th march and will where poss be blogging or posting live from the camino. Ian
Hello! Why not try a visit to Standford bookshop in London in one of the streets around Covent Garden. I have been there a couple of times buying maps to use on the Le Puy route. They have a lot of different guidebooks for the camino and I would guess there were some a Miam- Miam Dodo books too. Randirobmc said:Thanks for the advice
I am leaving from le Puy on 8 May which is I think is a public holiday and I am concerned that I will not be able to buy it in Le Puy. I am travelling generally from 30 March including London that's why I was hoping there is an old fashioned bookshop I can walk into and buy it in London where I will be visiting on my travels rather than online. If not I will buy it from Amazon and have it sent to friends address in London.
I am having difficulty booking the second nights accommodation. I have booked Capucin in le Puy on the 7th. Tried La Cabournne in St Privat d Allier for the 8th however they are booked out.
This is no doubt due to the public holidays. Am awaiting a reply from Lescole in Montbonnet. After that I will take my chances.
Getting pretty excited as my start day approaches. I would be interesested in hearing from anyone else starting then?I do have a very useful (though in French)guide from the website of the tourist offices of Puy en velay which covers from le Puy to Conques. This site has also been a great inspiration particularly the photos.
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