At some level, I suppose I realized I would eventually cross from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere at some point during my pilgrimage. Still,...
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Cast of characters
I’ve been on the trail for 19 days. Not surprisingly, I’ve seen a lot of the same faces of other pilgrims over and over again. Sometimes...
Continue reading...Catching up with the maps: Livinhac-le-Haut to Auvillar
Since I’m now over a week behind on posting map data, I’m putting all of it through yesterday in this one post. The photos and the...
Continue reading...Resuming the walk: Conques to Livinhac-le-Haut
After a re-energizing break in Conques, the trail called again Friday morning. And it offered a challenge right away. Most of the villages to this point...
Continue reading...Livin’ on a prayer
It’s gotten quite warm here the past few days, which is part of the reason I’m still behind on my daily blog updates. The last two...
Continue reading...Testing patience: Estaing to Sénergues
I got a somewhat early start Wednesday morning after hearing how steep the climb out of Estaing would be. After a half hour of walking, I...
Continue reading...A dose of humility: Saint-Côme-d’Olt to Estaing
The weather was beautiful when I left Saint-Côme-d’Olt just as the church bells struck 8 o’clock Tuesday morning. It was sunny and not too hot. I...
Continue reading...Hitting the pause button: Conques
Although I’m already several days behind with my daily posts, I’d like to skip ahead to a nearly 24-hour period when I didn’t make any forward...
Continue reading...Early frustration: Nasbinals to Saint-Côme-d’Olt
In some sense, Monday should have been an easy day. And it was, physically speaking. Although there were significant uphill sections, this stage of the walk...
Continue reading...Sun and fields: Aumont-Aubrac to Nasbinals
I left Aumont-Aubrac bright and early Sunday morning and quickly had the trail mostly to myself. The weather was partly cloudy most of the day. I...
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