Compostella 2017 / Via Podiensis 2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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?...

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...

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...

Movement is good for the body. Stillness is good for the mind. Day 26 Condom to Montréal the 29th of April. Not rainy but cold and humid 16 km A short walk together with 2 pilgrims, Brigitte and Pascal to Montréal (we did not change country even if the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Day 21 Lauzerte to Moissac, 26,5 km rainy again And there we go again in the rain. Two accidents, I managed to fall on the side on my arm in the mud and then on my ass, sliding one more meter each time I tried to go up. As you see not too impressive....

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...

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements in life, when all we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles Kingsley Day 19 Cahors to Lascabanes the 22nd of April 24 km easy, a little up and down. We...

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang Day 17-18 the 20-21 of April Cahors some rain, temperature around 16 degrees We...

Everything happens when it needs to happen; everyone is always where they need to be. Day 16 19.02.2022 Gramat to Rocamadour 13 km + 5 extra in the village and all the stairs up and down to the hotel (Placed over the village) good weather. We left the...