[Gocamino] Le Puy to SJPP guidebooks

[Norman Bone]

Good morning-

Check this out: ISBN 1852846089. New edition coming out March 2010!
The Confraternity books are updated frequently and I used it to compliment the other book. Also, once you're on the ground in France (Le Puy), check the book stores for guides to the GR65. They're in French but the maps were good and the phone numbers for gites were current. I used all three and had quite a good time.

-Norman



----- Original Message ----
From: Wes and Rita <wesrita at comcast.net>
To: Norman Bone <bone1966 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, December 6, 2009 7:33:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] Le Puy to SJPP

Hi Norman -

"Waay too pricy" referred to the $65 price we saw on Amazon for Miam Miam Dodo.  I am interested though that you used the Alison Raju book.  Since it hasn't been updated in several years I was concerned about finding it less helpful, certainly by 2011. Did you walk the Camino soon after it was published?   Are the book and the guide for the CSJ different?   Thanks for your response...

Rita


On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:43 PM, Norman Bone wrote:

> Hello-
> 
> What do you consider "waaay too pricy"?
> There is a book on Amazon for $13.50 by A. Raju - ISBN 1852843713
> and the Confraternity of St James guide for about $10 by the same author.
> 
> I used both. They were excellent and it won't break the bank. I made notes in mine during the trip and consider them to be great souvenirs and mementos of my experience.
> 
> Norman Bone
> Portland, OR
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Wes and Rita <wesrita at comcast.net>
> To: gocamino at oakapple.net
> Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 12:53:12 PM
> Subject: [Gocamino] Le Puy to SJPP
> 
> Wes and I are beginning to talk about walking from Le Puy to St. Jean
> (a backwards way of doing the Camino but when we walked from SJPP to
> Santiago last May we had never heard of the Le Puy route!).  We are
> wondering if any of you gocamino folks have a Miam Miam Dodo that you
> would like to sell (or lend) so we can begin to check things out.  We
> wouldn't be walking until May 2011 (to avoid Holy Year crowds if
> possible) and at that time we would purchase the most recent edition
> (having walked last May with an outdated guide we are trying to not
> repeat that error).  But we would love to see how well we can use this
> guide with our sadly forgotten french.
> 
> As usual, any other thoughts on the Le Puy to SJPP route would be most
> welcome.  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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