Category Archives: Pilgrimage

Anyone (including a later version of myself) who has been reading these entries in order of writing may be confused. I said I was going to Le Puy and now I am finishing at Vézelay after just 12 days walking. Five weeks on pilgrimage would indeed be a splendid opportunity, but I have been awareContinue reading “JOURNEYING HOME”

Marie-Dominique and I agreed to walk together further last day of this year’s pilgrimage, and to keep in touch about the future. Breakfast was a continuation of last night’s supper, a cold drink being provided from a big bottle of lemonade. Apart from that, I had an orange and a tomato, dunked some bread inContinue reading “LAC SAUVIN TO VÉZELAY”

My hostess walked with me through the village, until the route and tarmac parted company. It was thanks to her that I noticed the cyclamen coming into bloom in the grounds of the castle, and learned that the stony track I would follow was the Chemin d’Agrippa. She asked repeatedly, whether I wanted to goContinue reading “SAINTE PALLAYE TO LAC SAUVIN”

Lots of conversation over breakfast, trying to explain to a German woman travelling with wheelchair and Zimmer frame that she was not the only non-cyclist around the table. I let Marie-Dominique go on ahead and did not leave until about 8:15. Before regaining the river, I had to walk over a hill along what wasContinue reading “AUXERRE TO SAINTE PALLAYE”

Although I was at the breakfast table before 7, it was 8 by the time I was ready to leave.  I passed a lovely picnic spot after 4 km but it was on the other side of a high fence, obviously for motorists not hikers.  A little later, I sat on a log and wasContinue reading “NEUILLY TO AUXERRE”

Another walk along the right bank, plenty of shade, a few cyclists and fishers. I had a good chat with a 92-year-old about the beauty of nature and the importance of doing what you can while you can. At the first stop, I rang a pilgrim host in Ste Pallaye, and booked the last restingContinue reading “ST JULIEN TO NEUILLY”

What with the heat and blisters, I decided to walk along the river Yonne from Sens to Étigney, 12 km, and then take a train to St Julien. It was a lovely walk, completed in 3 hours, but I then waited another 3 hours for a train that stopped in Étigney. I wondered about gettingContinue reading “SENS TO ST JULIEN DU SAULT”

Awake at 6, and heard that others were getting up, so I did the same  and started walking just before 8, before it was too hot, I split Morning Prayer, saying up to the end of the psalm in the 11 November 1918 Park at Pont sur Yonne, and the Bible readings etc. at Villeperrot,Continue reading “CHAMPIGNY TO SENS”

I am used to the idea of continental breakfasts, and even drinking tea or coffee out of a bowl, but I think this was my first experience of dunking: spreading butter and jam on a slice of bread, or in this case toast,and then dipping it I one’s drink of choice. I found this soContinue reading “FLAGY TO CHAMPIGNY”