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lovingkindness said:Hi, Luka. Last year when in Vezelay I enquired about hiking from Vezelay via Cluny to Taize, close to Le Puy. The Amies de St Jacques office & The Tourist Office didn't have any information.
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Paulus said:lovingkindness said:Hi, Luka. Last year when in Vezelay I enquired about hiking from Vezelay via Cluny to Taize, close to Le Puy. The Amies de St Jacques office & The Tourist Office didn't have any information.
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That's rather "strange" here !!
My wife wanted to give them our little card with our adress and telephone for pelgrims coming by for information but ...................... we weren't on the Voie the Vezelay , was the answer ...............
The association of St jacques in Vezelay only supports THEIR route !!
So they can't give you info on the Vezelay-LePuy route!
Yes it is Luka, but the break between the two happens just after Montarcher so you won't reach it this time. I imagine the route through the Morvan could be quite difficult- all the best!Luka said:- KiwiNomad, I think the route you mentioned (the alternative of the GR3) is the Way of Cluny. This means that I should be able to avoid the hardest parts (however the GR13 through the Morvan is going to be pretty tough as well, I expect).
Luka said:Live from the spot! I am in Auxerre now. Looking forward to my first day of walking!
Hello Peronel! Are you still planning to walk Bury St Edmunds to Santiago via Cluny? I'd love to hear what you've discovered about this route, as I'm planning to hop over the mountains to Le Puy from Vezelay myself next month, and am starting to think it might be worth taking in the whole Cluny route instead of trying to meet it half way somewhere in the Morvan! By the way I walked London to Santiago via Vezelay last year, so can give you some pointers if you need them (thought it seems you are a much better planner than I am!)Hi Luka,
I'm planning this for the autumn of 2014 as part of a longer walk from Bury st Edmunds to Santiago. Like you, I want to walk via Cluny and - like you - I'm struggling to find info on the route. I'd be really grateful for anything you can tell me!
Thank you,
Nel
My info would be from 2012. The Cluny route is well marked though you need to watch in the forests as the coquille balises are quite small. I used two guide books- the Chamina one, and the orange Amis guide. Often the GR route and the Amis Cluny route coincide, though there is an important difference near the end near Montarcher, where the routes diverge until they reconnect in St Paulien, the last town before you reach Le Puy. The GR3 route from near Montarcher is very mountainous and you have to walk long distances between accommodation. I was warned to take the Amis route and not the GR3 by a French friend, and the hospitalero in La-Chapelle-en-Lafaye was giving the three of us there the same message. You have to keep your eyes peeled for the divergence, as it only has small markings (that would be covered over if there was any snow!)Is there anyone with recent information about Vézelay - Le Puy en Velay? I have walked until Paray-le-Monial (2012) and hope to continue on from there next spring. My plan is to walk to the Way of Cluny (2 days of roadwalking) and from there to Le Puy en Velay. Or would it be better to start from Uxeau and take the GR3 to Le Puy?
I can give you the contact details from inside an Orange guide if you want to write away to get one in France... The orange guide is the one with the best info about accommodation etc, but the Chamina guide has the best maps. Not sure if you know, but from just after Montarcher the route in the Chamina guide, and the route in the orange guide are majorly different. Several people told me very strongly to follow the orange guide until Le Puy from that diversion, as the route in the Chamina guide is very mountainous with very long stages. The two routes rejoin near Polignac, just a few kilometres before you reach Le Puy. I can give you more info if you want.I start walking from Auxerre on April 9th. I'll be following the Chemin d'Assise until I get to Cluny, then using the Cluny-Le Puy Chamina guide and the Guide Orange (if the CSJ will put it up for sale).
My pack weighs in (without water) at a bit less than 5 kg.
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