[Gocamino] Le Puy to SJPP

[robert ward]

Hi, In October I walked eleven days, from Le Puy to Figeac, a
wonderful piece of Camino (dying to get back to do the rest - to the
pyrenees, that is - over the next couple of years.)

I used a TopoGuide, published by the French Federation of Randonnees,
which I bought at the Le Puy tourist office and is available over the
Internet for 15 euros (plus, I suppose, a ton of handling...). I chose
it over Miam-Miam because the maps are extremely detailed, plus there
are many beautiful photos and fairly extensive historical and cultural
notes packed into a very slim volume. Disadvantage? It actually takes
three of these slim volumes to get you all the way to the Pyrenees. I:
Le Puy to Figeac. II: Figeac to Moissac. III: Moissac to "Roncesvaux".
Here's the internet page if you'd like to take a look.

http://www.ffrandonnee.fr/boutique/catalogue-topos-guides.aspx?t=gr&v=65

I also picked up an invaluable guide covering (again) the Le Puy -
Figeac portion of the route, which is compiled and printed up annually
by the tourist board, so contains even more complete and up-to-the-minute info than the
published guides. It's absolutely free - e-mail them, they might
send you a copy.

info at ot-lepuyenvelay.fr      www.ot-lepuyenvelay.fr

As you've probably heard, this part of the way is extremely rural. I
went for hours some days without seeing a soul - unless cows have
souls. (I imagine they do.) The towns at either end, Le Puy and Figeac,
are treasures. And the food, the wine...  [sigh]


robertward.ca


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From: Wes and Rita <wesrita at comcast.net>
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Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 3:53:12 PM
Subject: [Gocamino] Le Puy to SJPP

If other guides would be useful and are available (used) to  
purchase or borrow we would be interested in those too.  Here in rural  
western Massachusetts there isn't any access to Camino guides and the  
ones on Amazon are waaay too pricy.  Thanks!

Rita


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