Preparation time 👣
29 marca 2024, Wyspa Man ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
We will be walking 3 different Caminos from Cluny in mid France to Finisterre and Muxia on the Atlantic coast of Spain. We will travel the Chemin de Cluny, the Via Podensis and the Camino del Norte. Czytaj więcej
Sauntering
29 marca 2024, Wyspa Man ⋅ 🌬 8 °C
During my work on the farm my students worked towards the John Muir award. This recognised their work, love and improvements made to a place after natural beauty. John Muir was a naturalist from Czytaj więcej
Isle of man Camino training
30 marca 2024, Wyspa Man ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
Spending Easter with Mum and Dad before we embark on our walking adventure. Spectacular day so we went on a training walk 👣😊
Maps of our route
11 kwietnia 2024, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
11 days to go. Here is an up date of our route. We will travel by Eurostar to Paris then train to Cluny.
Our first route is the Chemin de Cluny which brings us to Le Puy de Velay.
The second route Czytaj więcej
Leaving Rose Cottage
21 kwietnia 2024, Anglia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
A beautiful departure day for us. Off to London and Paris early tomorrow 🙌👣👣
Day 1 England to Paris
22 kwietnia 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
As we live in the back of beyond 😂there was no way of getting to the station on time for our train to London - so we found a cheap hotel near to Derby station that gave us a free breakfast 👍. Czytaj więcej
Day 2/3 - Paris to Cluny
23–25 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Woke up to a beautiful sunny day in Paris and went to join the cafe culture for le petit dejeuner. We then headed for the Metro to travel from Gard du Nord to Gard de Lyon. With an hour to spare we Czytaj więcej
Day 4 - Cluny to Tramayes
25–26 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Well our first day of Camino walking was quite a challenge at 19.4 Km and a number of steep ascents. We left Cluny at 9.00 in bright sunshine and walked through fields, woods and up hills.
All very Czytaj więcej
Day 5 Tramayes to Ouroux
26–27 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Today’s walking started in drizzle! So coats on and backpacks covered. Simon has renamed himself ‘the plodicus’ and he set a good pace. Once again plenty of ascents and some steep descents into Czytaj więcej
Day 6 Ouroux to Propières
27–28 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The day started well with lovely sunshine and a good wind to cool us. We went up into the forested mountains.
Our phone app took us on a ‘short cut’ that ended up being up and down a mountain Czytaj więcej
Day 7 - Propieres to Le Cergne
28–29 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Had a fab meal in Propieres - Simon went all out with an entrecôte steak!
Simon sets a vignette….
Having hobbled out of the restaurant for a post dinner cigarette I was already bracing myself to Czytaj więcej
Day 8 - Le Cergne to Charlieu
29–30 kwi 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Had a lovely stay in Le Cergne - well looked after by Phillipe and Martine. They had baked an amazing array of products and spoke good English so communication was much better. The other guests were Czytaj więcej
Day 9 - Charlieu to La Fromagerie
30 kwi–1 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a chatty breakfast with Delphine our host in Charlieu we headed into town for some bits and bobs as today is a shorter walk 🙌 and we are under strict instructions not to arrive at our Czytaj więcej
Day 10 - La Fromagerie to Saint Haon le
1–3 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
We woke up to a foggy start at La Fromagerie, Simon spotted a deer groaning in the mist while having his morning coffee. Breakfast from Stephanie on the cart was a big improvement on supper 🙌
We Czytaj więcej
Day 11/12 - St Haon le Chatel to Saint J
3–4 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Before we get started just a little matter about socks - too many socks garrotte your ankles - our good friend Nick in Japan has caught onto this from personal experience! And he’s now launching Czytaj więcej
Day 13 - Saint Jean Saint Maurice to Pom
4–5 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Today is Simon’s birthday and the Plodicus is very tired - he is plodded out.
We had a leisurely start to the day as the cafe we were planning for breakfast didn’t open til 10! We headed up there Czytaj więcej
Day 14 - Pommiers en Forez to Montverdun
5–6 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We had a lovely meal at the local restaurant and they all sang happy birthday to Simon in French!
The restaurant also agreed to provide breakfast for us this morning 🙌
We had a long walk of 21+km Czytaj więcej
Day 15 - Montverden to Montbrison
6–7 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We slept well in our spooky Priory. We were let out at 8 as planned 🙌
We had dried everything out. However today it rained a lot. We marched down the hill to the Boulangerie that provided us with Czytaj więcej
Day 16/17 - Montbrison to Le Puy en Vela
7–9 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Up early on Tuesday morning we had breakfast out and Simon found a bookshop with an English section so treated himself. We collected bags and parcelled up stuff to send back to England.
Due to our 90 Czytaj więcej
Day 18 - Le Puy en Velay to St Privat D’
9–10 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
We had a calm, relaxed evening and early night. Up early for today’s adventure. Spotted ourselves in the service yesterday on Facebook page 😂
Spotted an early hot air balloon over Le Puy. Packed Czytaj więcej
Day 19 - St Privat d’Allier to Saugues
10–11 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
The gite in Saint Privat was ok - a bit like a youth hostel but we had our own room. Glugged a couple of beers before the meal at 7. Mainly French families and Tim the Ozzie. All sat round a large Czytaj więcej
Day 21 - Chanaleilles to St sur Limagnol
12–13 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Simon struggled with the 7.00 dinner last night. Pasta, turkey and crème was a nightmare survived with much glugging of water. Brought back school dinner nightmares for him 😳
This morning started Czytaj więcej
Day 22 - St Albans s l to Aumont Aubrac
13–15 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Last night we wandered around St Albans Sur Limagnole - we decided we weren’t particularly hungry after our earlier feast of chicken and chips 😆
Thunder and lightning started rolling around so we Czytaj więcej
Day 23/24 - Aumont Aubrac - Finieyrols
15–16 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
We are very glad yesterday was a rest day as it bucketed it down with rain all day and we saw some very wet pilgrims. We got our laundry done then headed out for a slap up lunch. After exploring a few Czytaj więcej
Day 25 - Finieyroles - Aubrac
16–17 maj 2024, Francja ⋅ ☁️ 4 °C
La Rose d’Aubrac was a lovely gite but Simon struggling more and more with the communal meals 😳
We were treated to a bland veg soup, truffelade ( kind of bubble and squeak with cream, garlic and Czytaj więcej

























































































































































































































































































































































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