Tag: Camino in France
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Camino in France – Up With The Sun
Day 38 – Arzacq-Arraziguet to Arthez-de-Béarn Early morning starts have been chilly as the October sun rises slowly. A series of steep ups and downs returned midday, causing some grumbling from behind. The church pictured below offered a shady spot for a quick bite to eat. After another few hours of walking, we called it…
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Camino in France – Up To Our Ears In Corn
Day 36 – Aire-sur-l’Adour to Miramont-Sensacq An early start brought us 300-feet up and out of Aire-sur-l’Adour where we caught the last glimmer of sunrise. The remainder of our day led us along farm roads bordering never-ending fields of corn. That was the extent of our scenery. Day 37 – Miramont-Sensacq to Arzacq-Arraziguet Prior to…
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Camino in France – Oops!
Day 35 – Nogaro to Aire-sur-l’Adour The day began with a beautiful sunrise walk, but after 30 minutes a local woman, out for her daily stroll, pointed out that we were headed the wrong way and turned us around. Drat! We were following the old route. Eventually the red and white blazes reappeared, assuring us…
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Camino in France – Off With Their Heads
Day 32 – Condom to Montréal We’ve passed by acres of dry and droopy sunflowers, but yesterday’s path took us by the first harvested field. Headless stalks were all that remained of what was once a sea of yellow flowers…a sign that fall is here with winter close behind. Tuesday the threat of rain hovered…
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Camino in France – Cat Tales and Cathedrals
Day 30 – Lectoure to La Romieu Off to an early start, we soon realized we were going the wrong way. Our mistake…blindly following our fellow pink-shirted French trekker rather than checking our GPS. Back on track, we set our sights on our next stop – La Romieu. The day of walking wasn’t long or…
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Camino in France – A Day Without Highs
Day 26 – Moissac to Auvillar The scenery was somewhat repetitive, but the path was wonderfully flat. I can’t tell you what a relief that was for us. Steep climbs have been the daily norm since our first day out of Le Puy and have caused us to rack up a whopping 34,235 feet of…
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Camino in France – Over the Hump
We’ve had some long days, 21 miles today (day 25) and over 50 miles in the last three days, but we are over the hump…more than halfway. Day 23 – Cahors to Lascabanes What a crazy climb out of Cahors. A flight of stairs, definitely not for the faint of heart, brought us quickly high…
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Camino in France – Sunday, a Day of Rest
Day 21 – Lalbenque to Cahors After getting picked up from the trail Friday afternoon, we left Lalbenque early Saturday morning, on foot, armed with a map to guide us back to the trail. A little surprised our host didn’t offer a return trip for us, but since he was a one-man-show, the official driver,…
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Camino in France – Are We Stranded?
Day 19 – Cajarc to Limogne-en-Quercy We found ourselves trying to outrace the rain today. The weather report didn’t give us much hope as we watched dark clouds drift all around us. We came around a bend, and just in time for lunch, stumbled upon a wonderfully festive rest stop. A warm welcome and an…
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