The bare bones of our 42 days walking the Camino from Le Puy-en-Velay to St.Jean Pied de Port.

This walk is 738 Km. in length - we will tackle it over 42 days, starting with the train trip from Paris via St.Etienne to Le Puy-en-Velay on Friday 26th.July . If we make the train changeover of 7 minutes should be at our destination early afternoon!!.
When comparing with the Hume Hwy. the main towns are as follows........
Melbourne - Le Puy-en-Velay
Seymour - La Chaze du Peyre
Benalla - Espeyrac
Wangaratta - Figeac
Albury - Cahors
Holbrook - Moissac
Tarcutta - Castet-Arrony
Yass - Barcelonne du Gers
Goulburn - Castetnan-Camblong
Mittagong - St.Jean Pied de Port

This walk is part of "The Way of St.James" over about 1500Km. from one of 4 areas of France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. It has been used by pilgrims for over 1000 years and still travels through the same villages etc.

With 2 weeks to go before leaving Aus. the attention is on selecting the final gear list and keeping the pack to about 12 Kg. The rest will have to be learned on the way although apparently there are many Gites or Hostels to find accommodation if you arrive early enough in the afternoon. We are taking summer sleeping bags, ground sheets and a light bivouac type tarp to camp in if the opportunity exists.

That's enough for now, next post will be after a few days "on the track" !!

P.S. - To try and reply to us via this blog is quite problematic - it has been recommended that email is far easier so my email address is as follows..... Geofflepuy@gmail.com

Cheers for now,
Geoff.