Our Walk Along the Via Podiensis (GR 65)

Coincidences and Conversations Chemin Saint-Jacques  This morning we shared a communal breakfast in the little attic room under the roof of Lou Cantou and then set out on GR46 , headed for Labastide-Murat. It was a beautiful walk down the valley again, with the sunrise lighting up the town of Rocamadour and the side of the valley. It was a steep climb out of the gorge, but it was shaded with trees and not as long as we had expected. There followed a relatively pleasant walk along shaded dirt tracks through the countryside.   At one point we arrived at another detour to GR46, which actually ended up being a shortcut of sorts (we think). Instead of walking approximately 3km of roadways, we cut across a bend in the road and took a nice shaded track alongside a newly logged area. When the alternate route ended the trail passed under a very busy highway, and we had to climb a very steep, very bright, gravel path up a large hill. By this time it was very hot, ...

Castles in the Sky on Camino Pilgrimage on the Via Podiensis Last night was very restful in our luxury gite, and we woke up to share a wonderful breakfast with the volunteers and our fellow guests. Around 8:30 AM we headed out in a light drizzle to the main town. While we were waiting for the post office to open so Sean could mail various things he had collected over the past 17 days home, we stopped by a bakery and purchased two raisin buns. These were still warm from the oven, and extremely enjoyable. After visiting the post office, we had a bit of difficulty finding the correct way out of Gramat and ended up exploring a little unnecessarily. However, we eventually ended up at the point where we had left the GR6 to go to the gite, and so continued from there. It was a nice walk out of town, through a nice neighbourhood, and then down a dirt track around a small lake in which were mallards and a great blue heron. Following GR 6 From there it was a pleasant walk through the c...