I'm afraid I know nothing of GPS tracks, but we started this camino in October of 2019, just before covid.
This year at last we hope to continue from where we left off that time.
We will be in Vitry le Francois on the 25th September. We might...
Timr is absolutely correct, apologies for speed replying, the pass never actually closes but for most walkers it becomes a risky business once the weather closes in. I was lucky as I arrived there in May, the road had been cleared but hadn't been...
I was thinking of doing this starting a couple of weeks later... but it sounds like the part through the Alps will be impassable by mid-September most years?
it depends what you mean by "impassable" ;) but the road to the GSB Pass will close towards the middle of October. Once the road is closed you are confined to the foothpath, and during the depth of winter you will be doing this on skis. So yes...
Gpx waypoints are available from pilgrimage publications on their Lightfoot guide pages, I used these on Gaia mapping using thunderforest maps. Fairly accurate and I'd recommend reading the lightfoot guides and the cicerone guides before you go...
Tomorrow (July 21st) is the Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, OFM Cap, Doctor of the Church, d. 1619, who lies in peace in the chapel of the cloistered Poor Clare's Convento de la Annunciada in Villafranca del Bierzo. I don't think that many...
Often rivers, islands, cities, countries were named for the saint whose feast day or other celebration it was when they were discovered.....leaving aside the issue of whether they had ever been lost!
Hence Easter Island, Christmas Island...
Why would they honor the St. Lawrence river? It's OK I guess, but just wondering why. And yes, I do value rivers as they are essential. And that sister violated protocol . . . she never should have opened the door. Chuck
I finally paid proper attention to your actual request. Next Sunday, not today. Sure, you have tons of time to bribe a pub guy to tune his tv...
Above, someone said the owner of one of the two pubs is Irish/basque. Interesting blend...I can't...
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