Compostella 2017 / Via Podiensis 2022

29 km. (The usual wrong turns but I am use to it by now). Cloudy in the morning, beautiful weather in the afternoon. 25 degrees. 7 hours walk. Today was a big day. I left the camping early. 2 wrong turns but knowing that there is a meaning in everything...

Bayonne-to Biarritz (by buss) Biarritz (a bit of tourism) to saint-jean-de-luz 13,5 km cloudy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon. 15 degrees. It took four hours to get there. (Hard walk in sand and rocks) To move directly to the Camino Norte was a...

MAULEON/BAYONNE One and half hour by buss cloudy followed by rain . 2 hours walk in town to visit the main attractions. 16 degrees only today The Camino is calling and telling the individual what to do. Well, this morning, I heard a clear voice telling...

14 km + 4 km= 18 km cloudy 4 hours and half to reach A short section. It was absolutely Impossible to go wrong, the hostel keeper said. GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? It is getting ridiculous as my friend Marie-Noelle said it is good that she will join me soon,...

23, 8 km + 4 km = 27,8 km beautiful weather warm up 28 degrees. Walking time 6 and half hours. Not much to see in Hôpital Saint Blaise. A small Church and a small village 75 inhabitants and it is a commune. I was alone at set Pilgrim Center somebody came...

22,8km on paper. 27,5 from the GPS. Beautiful weather 25 degrees It took 7 hours walking time to get there A particularly beautiful section. I got it wrong again in the beginning and ended up on some VVT trail. But as I thought bicykels must end up somewhere....

Compostelle signs along the way/les panneaux deviennent plus nombreux ASSON/ARUDY Quite a tough day. Up and down all the time but beautiful sceneries. The only annoying factor is the high number of dogs. The working dogs are OK. They are actually supposed...

ENGLISH version Lourdes-Asson Distance 23,5 km +2 to buy food (no shop in the village) + 5 ( getting lost all the time). Weather splendid 25 (feeling like 30). It took 8 hours to get there. Interesting day. Beautiful sceneries. I don't really manage the...

Temps clair. 25 degrés Je suis enfin arrivée à Lourdes et je suis officiellement une pèlerine. J'ai passé au bureau jacquaire. Ils ne doivent pas avoir beaucoup de monde car ils étaient aux petits soins avec moi. Ils m' ont aidés à faire toutes les réservations...

The departure is imminent!!! Training is ongoing. I´m preparing the best I can, the weather is terrible but the reality helps in deciding what is following in the backpack (rain pants will follow). The backpack is now ready, the tickets bought and the...

Here is everything that I plan to take with me. Too much? Material For the first time ever, I have only high quality material, light, durable, warm when it should and cool if warm. The question is, is it too much? did I forget something? I wait for your...

Version Française Dominique 57 ans en route vers les 58, dur, dur.... Une vie plutôt remplie pendant les années passées à l'étranger et puis le retour dans mon pays d'adoption ou plutôt le pays de mon mari, la Suède. Nous vivons en pleine forêt dans une...