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Sue, I'm surprised; I assumed May would be cold. So it was warm in the evenings even then?
Hi Lori. What date are you planning to start walking?Just packing for my trip--we'll be starting the walk in a couple of weeks. This is so helpful as I try to decide what to take! It's cool and rainy at home in Portland
June 29.
Will you be starting around then?
Planning to start walking around the 7th or 8th July so you'll be a long way in front by then. Buen camino, or, I guess it must be bon chemin! (or is it 'bonne'?)
Lori-- I start on June 29th from Sahagun (where I left off last October!). Buen Camino!
John, what a fun picture! We are also walking to Cahors. We are planning to do the Cele route, did you happen to go that route?
Yes pretty warm Heather. The only coolish part was leaving Le Sauvage(?) one of the higher points on the walk. I was a misty morning and cooler but I was soon toasty having my Paramo on top of my shirt for an hour.
Lori, although it was our intention to do the Cele route it was so hot in Figeac that the thought of all the climbing really phased me. I suffer from cooking feet if the weather is hot and doing the Cele in those temperatures at the rate required to honour my friends finish date was too much.John, what a fun picture! We are also walking to Cahors. We are planning to do the Cele route, did you happen to go that route?
Looks like I may leave the fleece at home and just take a warm lightweight pullover. Packing for this is truly an exercise in minimalism!
And bon chemin, Olivares and Heather
John, this thread is turning into something fun! I must say I'm a bit worried about my very minimal French, so it was good to read that you made a friend straight away. Yes, I think it is a case of reaching out to people in this situation.Yes pretty warm Heather. The only coolish part was leaving Le Sauvage(?) one of the higher points on the walk. I was a misty morning and cooler but I was soon toasty having my Paramo on top of my shirt for an hour.
Don't mean to hijack your thread but I have little French and met up the night before the start with a Vietnamese gentleman living in France and asked if I could accompany him for the first day. I'm truly blessed in that total strangers with no common tongue should get on so well. We walked in the same manner quite quickly, were content to stop together and were totally content from Le Puy to Cahors where sadly he had to leave. The Lads in the picture were also French but we kept bumping into them along the way. Always welcoming and helpful they were a delight. The gentleman in sunglasses being my friend and compatriot for the journey. So many tales in only 16 days away.
It probably will be balmy once you are south of St Chely d'Aubrac- but before that you are walking up and down at quite high altitudes. It takes two days to cross the Aubrac Plateau, plus Montbonnet, and the area around Le Sauvage are all quite high- 1200-1300m. You would probably find it quite warm inside the gites in these areas in the evenings, but could possibly strike cold, wet walking conditions during the daytime, even in July.
