Birthday Camino

[Ferenjinan]

I am turning 70 in September and want to walk from Vezelay to St Jean. ( Went from there to Finistierre 10 years ago). For that pilgrimage I had one of the CSJ booklets (UK) giving distances and albergues, and nothing more. Does anyone know of something similar for the French route? Preferably in English though French would be all right.
Any other tips or encouragement would be lovely.

 

[mspath]

I am turning 70 in September and want to walk from Vezelay to St Jean. ( Went from there to Finistierre 10 years ago). For that pilgrimage I had one of the CSJ booklets (UK) giving distances and albergues, and nothing more. Does anyone know of something similar for the French route? Preferably in English though French would be all right.
Any other tips or encouragement would be lovely.

What a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday!

Here is a link to handy English language guides for walking from Vezelay published by the Dutch Association of Saint James.

https://www.santiago.nl/english/vezelay-main-page

Happy planning and Bon chemin!

 

[nycwalking]

Bon chemin.

 

[Hiawatha]

Good luck and power to your feet Ferenjinan .
A life goal of mine is to re walk the Frances upon my 70th year .

 

[Purky]

As @mspath already linked the Dutch Association of Saint James with their English Vezelay guides, I won't have to. Note however that there are two guides: one with the variant Nevers and the other with the route through Bourges. The two routes converge before Crozant.
The website of the Dutch Association has more to offer though: browse through their download section and see if there is something else of interest for you, like the GPX/KMZ files. The translate-tool is in the top-left corner.
If you decide to take the Nevers route, be sure to stay at L'Esprit du Chemin in Le Chemin, 25 km after Vezelay. A very special place. My second favorite place was the Moulin de Piis just after La Réole. An old watermill and a fantastic location to spend the night. BYO food and drinks if you stay there (kitchen available).
Also worth mentioning is the Hôtel de la Lune in Orthez, a building from the 13th or 14th century, and supposedly home to chronicler Jean Froissart in the winter of 1388. Very atmospheric.
Bon chemin, and have a nice birthday en route!