Day 27: les Cabanes - l'Esperou c.21km
Thr area around Mont Aigoual is a designated star-watching park and the Milky Way was visible during the night despite the moon being almost full.
There was an option of taking a road (asphalt/gravel)...
Wow. Gorgeous.
A fantastic day's walk from the sound of it - up Mont Aigoual, then down to a cozy (and I hope dry) campsite, and pizza.
For me this is utterly terra incognita, so I'm very grateful, @caminka, that you have taken the time to...
Day 26: Florac Trois Rivieres - les Cabanes c.23km (yesterday)
(Yesterday I had zero reception in the valley between ridges.)
Let me first thank whomever mixed today's weather so that it was overcast with occasional shower till noon, otherwise...
I am surprised you could book that far in advance. Usually tickets are only available 6 weeks or so out. I look at the Renfe schedule for the same day (Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday, etc) a couple of weeks out from today (as an example) to let me...
Yes, I like real, tangible paper guidebooks. I write notes in the margins that I glean from forum members before I go while I am doing my research. I then take screenshots before leaving home for the Camino, and the books go on a shelf with the...
In 1990 the pilgrimage was largely masculine :) The gradual shift to equal numbers of male and female and now the majority being female is one of the fascinating but little mentioned trends in the pilgrim stats.
I have just seen this from Ray y Rosa on Facebook. I don't think I can link to FB from here.
We present to you the new book of Alejandro González Flores, better known as Alex Camino or Alex Bodenaya.
"Vicarie Pro" is a novel set in the early...
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