Gitês – Page 4 – Linda Scandore

String ~ Day 11 ~ April 17, 2014

Day 11, April 17
14 miles, 103 miles total
Altitude: 1,263 feet
Weather: warm and sunny 45-62F
Saint-Come d’Olt

Having done the Camino many times, a pilgrim said he once began walking from his home to the airport in Dublin as that was the only way over the Irish Sea.

I replied I began at Le Puy as that was the start of this particular route of The Way to Santiago.

The Irish pilgrim said that the Le Puy route actually begins in Geneva, which begins in Zurich, which really begins somewhere else. The Way is as long as string; however, how long is a piece of string?
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Convent for the Night ~ Day 11 ~ April 17, 2014

Day 11, April 17
14 miles, 103 miles total
Altitude: 1,263 feet
Weather: warm and sunny 45-62F
Saint-Come d’Olt

Amazing! How much good fortune can one have? It even has a heated towel rack in the bathroom. Yes, those are my clothes on the line. Espace Angel Merci-Couvent de Malet. hhtp:/www.hotel-gite-aveyron.com

20,000 Feet ~ Day 10 ~ April 16, 2014

Day 10, April 16
15 miles, 89 miles total
Altitude: 2,887 feet (decent 1,500 feet in 5 miles)
Weather: warm and sunny 27-60F
Saint-Chely-d’Aubrac

10,000 pilgrims (20,000 feet) walked Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle in 2008. So, if you find yourself trotting someplace without footprints chances are you are off course. Such was my case for five minutes today before I righted my route.

I walked through patches of melting snow and rivets of water with ice crystals before the 1,500 feet decent.

Jackpot ~ Day 7 ~ April 13, 2014

Day 7, April 13, Palm Sunday
14 miles, 61 miles total
Altitude: 3,579 feet
Weather: warm and sunny
Lasbros

My accommodation, Gite-bungalow Le Champ du Theron, is a real winner. Though able to accommodate four, I am the only guest. It’s outfitted much like a sailboat with cupboard, closets, built in couch with storage space under the cushions, and a microwave. It must be from my vast cooking experience I figured out the French labeled touch pad on the microwave.

What Will $42 Get You in France? ~ Day 4 ~ April 11, 2014

Day 4, April 10
9 miles, 19 miles total
Altitude: 1,969 feet
Weather: warm and sunny
Monistrol-d’Allier

A seven-person Gite (though I have the place all to myself) on a 120 year old fromage farm, a bottle of wine, Le Puy Green Lentil Soup, the best ever mushroom-chive omelet, beef, pasta, baguette, apple, orange, and of course fromage from the property all delivered to my table. By the way, “room service” for breakfast is yet to come.

Bouquet a’la Manure ~ Day 4 ~ April 11, 2014

Day 4, April 10
9 miles, 19 miles total
Altitude: 1,969 feet
Weather: warm and sunny
Monistrol-d’Allier

With warm days in the fromage region of France, an unmistakable manure bouquet is in the air. My gite is attached to the cow barn. A grand cup of hot chocolate from one of these girls awaited the finish of today’s walk.