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Anyone has done this? Are the gites safe as regards Covid? Do they ask for the Pass Sanitaire which would make sharing a dormitory safer?
Planning on going in Sept/Oct.
Is there a sport shop in a central area in Vezelay from where I can buy trekking poles before I start off? I plan on taking just cabin baggage and not checked in bag while flying out, so, I cannot take my trekking poles in my cabin baggage,.
I have walked from Toulouse along the Chemin d'Arles route towards Pau, then just before Pau, at Maubourguet, i branched off to Lourdes and from there joined the Chemin Piemontese towards the Samport Pass across the Pyrenees. Lovely route but not many walkers en route. In France you sleep at...
The vaselin gets absorbed as you walk, so there is hardly any trace of it on your sock by the time you take it off at the end of the walk. A simple wash is enough.
Try and spend a night at the restored monastery of Tarastaix on your way to Lourdes (a day's walk before you get to Lourdes). Ideally, spend the Sunday there.
I followed the first part of this route, starting from Toulouse on the Voie d'Arles route up till Maubourguet. Then I diverted on to the linking route towards Lourdes. The Abbey of Tarastaix is the highlight here. Do not miss. Try staying there on a Sunday if possible, with Mass and communal...
Hi edandjoan. Yes, I did walk the whole way and did not skip a day. I agree completely with what Minnou posted in that it could be that wherever the trail was so overgrown that you had to hack through the undergrowth would probably mean that you had missed an arrow and you were not on the right...
I am sorry you had such an experience. I walked the EPW this summer starting early June and I found that the guidebook instructions were for the most part spot on. I only got 'lost' on one occasion. A couple of times, it was only through my inattention that I missed a red arrow, and I simply...
Hi all,
I'm planning on following the Le Puy -Roncevaux route in September.
What rucksack would you advise? Would a 35 litre rucksack suffice?
Marie Louise
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