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Stage 6b
25 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 46 °F
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Stage 6c
25 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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.
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Stage 6: Licques to Tourneham-sur-la-Hem
25 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 50 °F
Wow!
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Stage7: Tournehem-sur-la-Hem to Wisques
26 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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 train tomorrow and head for home.

I continued on and am staying at the Abbaye de Notre Dame in Wisques. Sixteen cloistered nuns live here. Sœur Lucie is a dynamo.En savoir plus
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Voyageur A Windmill? Man of La Mancha???
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VoyageurYes, I heard windmills are common in this region but so far I’ve only seen two.
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VoyageurLámpara es tu palabra para mis pasos, luz en mi sendero (de la liturgia de la misa de hoy, San Isidoro de Sevilla)
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Stage 7a
26 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 46 °F
Love this!!!
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Stage 7b
26 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 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.
VoyageurWonderful!! Carry on.
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Stage 8a
27 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
VoyageurDos 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)
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Beautiful photo!
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Stage 8b
27 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F
There is NOTHING in Thérouanne. Dinner was disgusting canned cassoulet ( 🤢) because there are no bars or restaurants here.
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VoyageurÀ par de la boue et des vaches Normandes. Courage !
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VoyageurPas de pluie aujourd’hui mais plein de flaques. Mes chaussures et chaussettes sont mouillées. 🙂
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Stage 8c
27 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F
Voyageur Now that is a Pilgrim dinner!!!
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VoyageurMom called that beanie wienies
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Voyageur It was GROSS.
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Stage 8: Wisques to Thérouanne
27 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F
Lots of mud, lots of flowers. And, oddly, a small selection of dead animals. Rabbits and birds, mostly. Weird.
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Stage 9: Thérouanne to Amettes
28 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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.
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Stage 9a
28 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 55 °F
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Stage 9b
28 avril 2023, France ⋅ 🌬 55 °F
VoyageurVery beautiful
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Love this!!!
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Stage 9c
28 avril 2023, France ⋅ 🌬 57 °F
Too cold and drizzly to visit the home of St Benedict Joseph Labre. ☹️
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VoyageurHope your feet are holding up! They're probably fine with those boots you're wearing.
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VoyageurA 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)
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VoyageurMy 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. 🤞🏻
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Stage 10: Amettes to Bruay-la-Buissière
29 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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 the fields were wheat. Weird.
I managed to slightly twist, or maybe just fatigue, my ankle, so I added an hour to my day hunting down a pharmacy.
Bruay-la-Buissière is an ugly former mining town.En savoir plus
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VoyageurYou 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
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VoyageurTo 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)
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Voyageur Is she picking her nose?? Lol
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Stage 10a
29 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 45 °F
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Stage 10b
29 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 61 °F
VoyageurLiking this post, except for the possibly sprained ankle 😏
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VoyageurNow it’s my left knee. I’m falling apart! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️
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VoyageurSorry about the knee, Sue. Take care!!
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Stage 11: Bruay-la-B to Ablain Saint-Naz
30 avril 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 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 trail ended up at a locked fence so yours truly had to toss her hat, sticks and pack over the top and then climb over. That was a first. It was that or turn around and repeat about 5 miles. That was never going to happen…..

Now my left knee is blown out. It happened for no apparent reason about 30 minutes before arriving in Ablain Saint-Nazaire. So excellent timing. I’ll have to decide tomorrow what I can and cannot do.En savoir plus
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VoyageurI 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.
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VoyageurA 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)
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VoyageurImpresionante el cementerio de nuestra señora de Loreto, las dos guerras, imagino
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Stage 11a
30 avril 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 59 °F
I’m so enjoying following your journey Sue!
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Stage 12b
1 mai 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
A few details of Arras
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Stage 13: Arras to Bapaume
1 mai 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 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. 🤔
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VoyageurQué bonito el cruce vía francigena y camino de Santiago
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VoyageurDende 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).
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Stage 12c
1 mai 2023, France ⋅ ⛅ 57 °F
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Stage 12: Ablain Saint-Nazaire to Arras
1 mai 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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 host drove me back to the cemetery to see the Ring of Remembrance, and then his wife drove me to Arras. Tomorrow another bus, to Bapaume.

Today is 1 May so most businesses are closed. There was a giant anti-Macron market in one square and a loud concert in the other. Another demonstration, which I missed. Nothing interesting. I did happen upon a nice Mass at the church of Saint Jean-Baptiste, with singing nuns from Lens and a priest from Africa.

The first photos are from the gîte where I stayed.

The cemetery and memorial are wrenching. The cemetery holds 45,000 graves from one battle. The town was on the front line for almost 4 years, and was completely razed. In all, in this small region, almost 600,000 soldiers died. Their names are inscribed in the Ring. Lots of Smyths listed.En savoir plus
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VoyageurHe disfrutado mucho con esta obra de teatro. Especialmente en el descanso. (Groucho Marx)
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VoyageurJajaja!!!
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Stage 12a
1 mai 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 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.”
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Stage 13a
2 mai 2023, France ⋅ ☁️ 52 °F
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