2024

Through the Tunnel

Oiartzun to Icazteguieta - 38 kms - Icazteguita Ostatua Icazteguita to Zegama - 29 kms - Municipal pilgrim hostel  Zegama to Salvatierra - 22 kms - Municipal pilgrim hostel We are currently following a Camino route known variously as the Camino de Vasco, the Interior Route, and the Tunnel Route.  Today I passed through the “tunnel” that gives rise to the last of these names. ...

By |2024-05-06T10:48:50-07:00May 6, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , |2 Comments

Leaving France and Entering Spain but the Pays Basque Continues

May 2, 2024 - Bayonne - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - 25kms - Brit Hotel de Paris May 3, 2024 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Oiartzun - 30kms - Txikierdi Alde, Spain We have now crossed into Spain, and although the landscape and culture are markedly different,  we are still in Basque Country. For days now we have been  surrounded by hills dotted with traditional Basque farm houses or Exte as ...

By |2024-05-03T22:48:15-07:00May 3, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , |1 Comment

Bayonne

April 29, 2024 - La Bastide Clairence to Bayonne - 28 kms - Temporesidences Cathedral April 30 and May 1, 2024 - Rest days in Bayonne - Temporesidences Cathedral  When we passed through Bayonne years ago we were struck by the beauty of the place.  So with more time available on this trip, we chose to stay here for our first rest day since Arles.  ...

By |2024-05-01T04:07:42-07:00May 1, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |6 Comments

Into the Pays Basque

April 26, 2024 - Aubertin to Navarrenx - 33 kms - Jasmin 1 Jeanne d’Albret April 27, 2024 - Navarrenx to Saint Palais - 31 kms - Hotel de la Paix April 28, 2024 - Saint Palais to La Bastide Clairence - 29 kms - Les Collines Iduki  We dropped into the tourist office in Navarrenx (a beautiful town on the Chemin de Le Puy ...

By |2024-04-28T09:18:45-07:00April 28, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

Finding a New Line

April 23, 2024 - Marciac - Lacrabere - 26 kms - Gite Castaine April 24, 2024 - Lacrabere - Morlaas - 29 kms - Hotel Bourgneuf April 25, 2024 - Morlaas - Aubertin - 29 kms - Maison de Fleurie  After much hand wringing and back and forth with the pros and cons we have decided to leave the Voie d’Arles just before Orloron-Saint-Marie and ...

By |2024-04-25T23:58:56-07:00April 25, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |8 Comments

Battling Les Punaises de Lit

April 20, 2024 - Auch - L’île-de-Noe - 24kms - we stayed with Marie-Line in Castelnau d’Angèles April 21, 2024 - L’île-de-Noe - Marciac - 32kms - Apartment sur Lac Gord: In 2010 we covered a small portion of the Chemin d’Arles on bike.  As we approached one of the villages we stayed in 14 years ago, Ruth tried to contact our former host by ...

By |2024-04-22T09:43:06-07:00April 22, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |3 Comments

A Tantrum in Gimont

April 19, 2024 - Mérenvielle - Gimont - 31 kms  - Le Patio d’Oustal It was a much better day yesterday than the two previous ones. The wind was light and the temperature climbed steadily from 2 degrees to an eye popping 18. I was also feeling better. After our two days of wind and cold on the canal, I was left drained and ill, ...

By |2024-04-19T23:36:28-07:00April 19, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |9 Comments

Pilgrim Gite: Ecluse Sanglier

April 16, 2024 Avignonet- Lauragais -  Baziege - 26kms - Ecluse de Sanglier April 17, 2024 - Baziege - Toulouse - 29kms - L’Authentique Cour de Ville April 18, 2024 - Toulouse - Mérenvielle - 30kms - Villa de Rabailly When Jean-Marie was checking me in at the pilgrim gite at the Ecluse de Sanglier (canal lock of the wild boar) he asked me my ...

By |2024-04-18T09:52:56-07:00April 18, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , , |16 Comments

My Turn

April 12, 2024 - Bouisset - Castres 29kms - Apartment  April 13, 2024 - Castres - Dourgne - 23kms - Hotel La Montange Noir April 14, 2024 - Dourgne - Les Casses - 35kms - Gite d’Etape La Passeure- Elle  April 15, 2024 - Les Casses - Avignonet - Lauragais - 25kms - Fast Hotel Grandma: For anyone who doesn’t already know, I’m the intrepid ...

By |2024-04-15T07:38:37-07:00April 15, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |8 Comments

Three Days, Three Seasons

April 10, 2024 - Murat-sur-Vebre - La Salvetat-sur-Agout - 22kms - Hotel Pergolas April 11, 2024 - La Salvetat-sur-Agout - Bouisset - 28 Kms - Gite Communal We are spending our third and final night in the hills of Haute Languedoc.  Our days at elevations of 700 to 1100 metres have coincided with the passage of a vigorous cold front.  It is always a few ...

By |2024-04-11T09:37:32-07:00April 11, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |7 Comments
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