Saint-Chely-de Aubrac - Saint Come d'Olt ( 153km)
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The most Beautiful Cows
Nasbinals to Saint-Chely-de Aubrac (133Km)Gorgeous hiking day today. We hiked up over a pass at 1313 meters to the town of Aubrac before plunging down to Saint-Chely-de-Aubrac. On route we stopped at this lovely stone shelter created for the pilgrims and supplied...
Blueberries and Bagettes
Les Quatre Chemins - Nasbinals ( 116km)Hotel de FranceThe rolling hills have transformed into a more austere stony meadowland full of blueberries and wildflowers.
Walking Again!
Aumont-Aubrac-Les Quatre Chemins ( 100km )We stayed at the local watering hole of Chez Regine.We left Albi after a wonderful and healing side trip and returned to Aumont-Aubrac to start walking again. It was fantastic to be back on the Camino.
Side Trip to Albi
Today we hopped on a train and bus to visit Albi the center of the Cathar Heretics and the home of the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum.
The Aubrac
Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole to Aumont-Aubrac (89)kmHotel AubracAnother day sipping espressos and resting my feet waiting for Gord to meet up with me after his walk.
Cargo Time
Saugues to Saint-Alban-Sur-Limagnole (72.5km)Stayed at the Chambre d'Hotes of Mr. et Mme Soubiran- Peyridieu.Gord made some good mileage today as I rested my feet in the Malle Postale baggage transport van. We have climbed up onto the Aubrac now and spring has just...
Blisters and Bliss
Monstrol D'Allier to Saugues ( 40km) We stayed at the lovely family dairy farm Martins Itier. Each day the scenery is different, but always stunning. We climbed up to a high plateau dotted with tiny towns. My feet need a rest until the blisters pop, heal or both.
Blisters the size of Quarters!
Day 2 Montbonnet to Monistrol d'Allier ( 28km)We stayed at La Tasbone where we celebrated our anniversary with our new Camino Friends Claudine, Pierre, Marie, Patricia, Karine, Maude & Valérie !!!!The celebration included the arrival of Claudine and Pierre's...
The Walking Begins!
Day 1 Le Puy-En-Velay to Montbonnet (15km) Stayed at Le Gite L'EscoleIn Montbonnet we met Claudine and Pierre, Quebequois from Montreal. We had a great evening with Pierre translating as needed as we dusted off our shaky French. We also met three lovely French women...
Le Puy-En-Velay
We spent more time in Le Puy-en Velay than we had planned while we waited for our lost luggage to arrive. It helped to build the dramatic tension before heading out on Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle. My parents met up with us there for a few days of overlap...
About the Walking
June 30, 2009 Lyon, France Gord and I arrived in Lyon after a long flight, or series of flights from Victoria, Canada. We thoroughly enjoyed our few days there, recovering from jet lag with glorious food and art. We came to France to walk part of the GR65 starting...