Stage 6b
25. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
Stage 6c
25. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
The woman at this café was extraordinarily nice. She whipped up some fries and a typical dish from the region involving various meats in a gelatin called potjevleesch. It means small meat salad.
Stage 6: Licques to Tourneham-sur-la-Hem
25. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Stage7: Tournehem-sur-la-Hem to Wisques
26. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F
Fields of wheat and colza, a couple windmills. No rain today!
Belén injured her foot so after some frantic activity we found someone to drive her to Saint-Omen where she’ll catch the trainLæs mere
RejsendeYes, I heard windmills are common in this region but so far I’ve only seen two.
Stage 7a
26. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Stage 7b
26. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 52 °F
I stayed at the Abbaye de Notre Dame. The nuns are cloistered so I only saw two. I did attend their 8pm service, which was beautiful. They were all joyful.
Stage 8a
27. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
RejsendeDos caminos se abrían en un bosque amarillo, y triste por no poder caminar por los dos, y por ser un viajero tan solo, un largo rato me detuve, y puse la vista en uno de ellos hasta donde al torcer se perdía en la maleza. Después pasé al siguiente, tan bueno como el otro, posiblemente la elección más adecuada pues lo cubría la hierba y pedía ser usado; aunque hasta allí lo mismo a cada uno los había gastado el pasar de la gente. Dos caminos se abrían en un bosque, elegí… elegí el menos transitado de ambos, Y eso supuso toda la diferencia. (Robert Frost, El camino no elegido)
Stage 8b
27. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
There is NOTHING in Thérouanne. Dinner was disgusting canned cassoulet ( 🤢) because there are no bars or restaurants here.
Stage 8c
27. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Stage 8: Wisques to Thérouanne
27. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Lots of mud, lots of flowers. And, oddly, a small selection of dead animals. Rabbits and birds, mostly. Weird.
Stage 9: Thérouanne to Amettes
28. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Neither Thérouanne nor Amettes have restaurants so it’s important to plan ahead. I bought the makings for a sandwich. 🤷🏻♀️
Amettes is where St. Benedict Joseph Labre was born.
Stage 9a
28. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
Stage 9b
28. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ 🌬 55 °F
Stage 9c
28. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ 🌬 57 °F
Too cold and drizzly to visit the home of St Benedict Joseph Labre. ☹️
RejsendeHope your feet are holding up! They're probably fine with those boots you're wearing.
RejsendeA pie y con el corazón tranquilo tomo el camino abierto, saludable, libre, el mundo se abre ante mí y este largo camino pardo ante mí conduce adonde quiera ir. Ahora no pido buena suerte, yo mismo soy la buena suerte, ahora no reniego, ya nada pospongo y nada necesito, se acabaron las quejas domésticas, las bibliotecas, las críticas pendencieras, poderoso y contento recorro el camino abierto. (Walt Whitman, El camino abierto)
RejsendeMy feet are doing pretty well. The first few days were really (!) hard and I had a couple hotspots. I taped them for a couple days and now they feel OK. Fatigued, but no pain. 🤞🏻
Stage 10: Amettes to Bruay-la-Buissière
29. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Lots of forest paths and a good number of cultivated and uncultivated fields. A couple more small, dead animals (unphotographed). A road between fields with lots of small potatoes, even though theLæs mere
RejsendeYou look so content, Sue! You are right where you want to be. Take care of that ankle. Love following along with you on your journey!! A real inspiration
RejsendeTo reach the unreachable star, Though you know it's impossibly high, To live with your heart striving upward To a far, unattainable sky! (The man if La Mancha)
Stage 10a
29. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
Stage 10b
29. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
Stage 11: Bruay-la-B to Ablain Saint-Naz
30. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
Made it to Ablain Saint Nazaire in spite of a bum ankle. Very long, hot day through lots of forests, rolling hills, farmland….and WWI battle sites and a huge cemetery (45,000 graves).
One trailLæs mere
RejsendeI have definitely entered the region most affected by war. In addition to the cemetery (huge battle here in WWI), the entire town was destroyed and rebuilt in the 1920’s except for the church.
RejsendeA pie y con el corazón tranquilo tomo el camino abierto, saludable, libre, el mundo se abre ante mí y este largo camino pardo ante mí conduce adonde quiera ir. Ahora no pido buena suerte, yo mismo soy la buena suerte, ahora no reniego, ya nada pospongo y nada necesito, se acabaron las quejas domésticas, las bibliotecas, las críticas pendencieras, poderoso y contento recorro el camino abierto. (Walt Whitman, El camino abierto)
RejsendeImpresionante el cementerio de nuestra señora de Loreto, las dos guerras, imagino
Stage 11a
30. april 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
Stage 12b
1. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
A few details of Arras
Stage 13: Arras to Bapaume
1. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
My knee is still iffy so I am off of it through tomorrow. Hobbled about a bit in Arras this morning and then took a bus to Bapaume.
I’d never seen black tulips before. 🤔
RejsendeDende aquí vexo un camiño que non sei adónde vai; polo mismo que n’o sei, quixera o poder andar. (...) i eu quedo encravada en onde arraigo ten o meu mal. Nin fuxo, non, que anque fuxa dun lugar a outro lugar, de min mesma, naide, naide, naide me libertará. (Rosalía de Castro).
Stage 12c
1. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
Stage 12: Ablain Saint-Nazaire to Arras
1. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
So…… somehow I blew out my knee yesterday, luckily only about 30 minutes before arriving in Ablain Saint-Nazaire. After much thought I reluctantly decided to rest my knee for a day or two. My hostLæs mere
Stage 12a
1. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
The Mont Saint-Eloi. It was a monastery before the Great War.
The Tour de France went through here a couple years ago, which explains the bike “sculpture.”
Stage 13a
2. maj 2023, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F