M, your blog is excellent reading; the pictures are delightful and your prose endearing to the reader. Thank you for sharing your Camino with us!
I lived in Brive-le-Gaillard for two years back in the 70's and this entire region of France is very dear to me. While reading your posts motivate me to change my plans and begin in Le Puy rather than SJPP next year. However, I would like to finish in Santiago but do not have the time to do the entire length at once as you did. Taking a bus in SJPP to Sarria and then pick up the trail again seems...unsavory to me. As if I would be cheating. I find solace in beginning at one point and being able to walk the whole way. Maybe I should simply be more flexible in my thinking, but I am not there yet.
If I just stopped in SJPP and then returned another year to begin anew would be an alternative, but then I miss entering Santiago during the Holy Year, which is important to me. Alas, the my feeble mind has put me in a quandary that will work itself out with a little more time.
Regardless, please know how grateful I am for your posts and your blog. What was your average cost per day on your journey from Le Puy to SJPP?
Happy New year to all,