Ballyroebuck
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Rouen to Mt St Michel Jun/23
My desire to make the pilgrimage began with reading Mont Saint Michel and Chartes by Henry Adams. Then from a priest friend, a gift of a framed print of Mont Saint Michel, then I read Derry Brabbs book Pilgrimage, and finally our parish priests recitation of the St Michel prayer, at the conclusion of each Sunday Mass all added up to something I needed to do.
With a friend I made the Rouen to Mont Saint Michel pilgrimage September 6 through the 23rd. For the well experienced pilgrims and readers of the forum, this was my first time making a pilgrimage, so I have nothing to compare it to. That said, it was one of the best things I've done. I found the route well marked, but where I became confused, dropping the routes into the OSM AND mapping app was a huge help. GPX files and a mountain of other support is found here: https://www.lescheminsdumontsaintmichel.com/spip/spip.php?article148&lang=en
For the entire 200 plus miles we didn't see any others on the path and the families we stayed with said for the entire year they hosted 6 to 10 pilgrims. So in my mind the lack of others, implying a uniqueness of the route, made it all the more special. That said, I hope others, many others, make the pilgrimage through beautiful, friendly and welcoming Normandy.![IMG_20230913_125238756.jpg IMG_20230913_125238756.jpg](https://caminoforum-4df7.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/159/159447-2c882312bbdbfcb7290cac5149c4d7fe.jpg)
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With a friend I made the Rouen to Mont Saint Michel pilgrimage September 6 through the 23rd. For the well experienced pilgrims and readers of the forum, this was my first time making a pilgrimage, so I have nothing to compare it to. That said, it was one of the best things I've done. I found the route well marked, but where I became confused, dropping the routes into the OSM AND mapping app was a huge help. GPX files and a mountain of other support is found here: https://www.lescheminsdumontsaintmichel.com/spip/spip.php?article148&lang=en
For the entire 200 plus miles we didn't see any others on the path and the families we stayed with said for the entire year they hosted 6 to 10 pilgrims. So in my mind the lack of others, implying a uniqueness of the route, made it all the more special. That said, I hope others, many others, make the pilgrimage through beautiful, friendly and welcoming Normandy.
![IMG_20230913_125238756.jpg IMG_20230913_125238756.jpg](https://caminoforum-4df7.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/159/159447-2c882312bbdbfcb7290cac5149c4d7fe.jpg)
![IMG_20230923_164010668_HDR.jpg IMG_20230923_164010668_HDR.jpg](https://caminoforum-4df7.kxcdn.com/data/attachments/159/159448-4ea0e13c3a5f78ad0e442dafb69bdac1.jpg)
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