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Day 22 Moissac to Auvillar
Day 22 Moissac to Auvillar the 25th of april 26 km. It was supposed to be a easy 21 km but as we took a wrong turn it ended up with 26km. Grey day in the morning but Fine afterwards. A easy walk along the canal, it was supposed to be, but we lost our...
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Day 23 Auvillar to Lectoure
Day 23 Auvillar to Lectoure the 26th of April 34 km, never again. We decided on a 34 km today, it was quite flat but still muddy. One of my shoe is broken after the two unfortunate days in the mud. I did the 34 kilometres in sandals. You can imagine how...
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Day 20 Lascabanas to Lauzerte
Day 20 Lascabanas to Lauzerte the 23rd of April 24 km, rain the whole day A wet day, muddy but not too cold. But as the rain does not stop the pilgrims, we went. We passed by Montcuq, they pronounce the q but still. After le chier, Montcuq.... translate...
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Day 25 La Romieu to Condom
Day 25 La Romieu to Condom, the 28th of April, OK weather YES, again after le Chiez, Montcuq, we have Condom... Really the names do not improve. The town is known for producing Armagnac ( not condoms) and the the 4 mousquetaires or anyway the story originate...
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Day 24 Lectoure to La Romieu
Day 24 Lectoure to La Romieu 29 km, the 27th of April still muddy, not rainy but humid and halv cold. A new start of the day and a new fall after 10 minutes. I spend most of my time in the mud. The day walk was quite uneventful, we walked with Brigitte...
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Day 27 Montréal to Eauze
Day 27 Montréal to Eauze the 30th of April 21km (a few extra due to missing the signs) good weather, around 19 degrees. We are coming to the vineyards. The famous Armagnac is distilled here. You can taste the stuff a bit everywhere if you like it. Notice...
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Day 28, 29, 30 Eauze to Chapelle-sensac
Day 28 Eauze to Nogaro, Day 29 Nogaro to Aire-sur-l'Adour, Day 30 Aire-sur-l'Adour to Chapelle-Sensacq We left Eauze quite traumatized, the " pilgrim house" where we stayed was actually a dive. The diner and everything was good, the armagnac as well but...
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Day 28 Eauze to Nogaro
Day 31 Eauze to Nogaro 1st of May and a sunday...25,6 km A OK day, nothing special to report on the walk itself as it is slightly boring at the moment and flat. There was a car race in Nogaro when we arrived. A car race???? In a small hole like that?...
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Day 29 Nogaro to Aire-sur-L' Adour
Day 32 Nogaro to Aire-sur-L'Adour 25 km, flat, boring ladscape, mixed weather This was a real trial, what a boring section. And everybody talks about the pilgrimage being like the real life with ups and downs and boring sections. Unfortunately, I have...
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Day 32 Lareulle to Argagnon
Day 32 Lareulle to Argagnon 25 km the 5th of May. OK weather From the farm in Lareulle to Argagnon, the day was quite uneventful. Unfortunately, there was a lot of asphalt again or mud. It does not seem like it is something in between. It is very wet...
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Day 33 Argagnon to Navarrenx
Day 33 Argagnon to Navarrenx the 6th of May 25 km. Mixed weather. One minute freezing, the next cooking We are back to the ups and downs of the beginning. Nothing wrong with that, it is much more variated and nice sceneries but we are of course more tired...
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Day 31 chapelle sansacq (la ferme Marsan) - Lareulle
Day 31 Chapelle Sansacq to Lareulle 23,5 km. The 4th of May. Quite good weather, a bit nicer sceneries It seems like the few last bits of the Compostelle way were so boring that I needed to comment a little extra on it. It is so many places with bad Wifi,...
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Day 34 Navarrenx to Aoure
Day 34 Navarrenx to Aoure 25 km cold, warm, cold, warm... strange we did not get a cold yet The countryside is getting nicer, still much Asphalt but nicer, we met many pilgrims, nice exchanges, the cutest pilgrim is a doggy (she walked 750 km, see picture...
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Day 35 Aroue to Ostabat
Day 35 Aroue to Ostabat the 8th of May 25 km warm, cold, warm, cold... again The first part of the way was much on asphalt but the last 8km were perfect, exactly what we expect from a camino... We came to the point where all the french caminos join, the...
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Day 36 Ostabat to Saint-Jean-Pied-De-Port
Day 36 Ostabat to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port the 9 th of May 19 km, the first day with fantastic weather since our departure A beautiful day, quite much asphalt but as the sceneries were beautiful and the sun was shining, it did not matter. Our host at the...
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The Via Podiensis is calling
If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. Puy-en- vellay, France, via Podiensis, Monday the 4th of April 2022 to Combriaud. 26 km ( Not really...
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