Hello again, I am sitting in what must have been nun's cell, now renovated with comfortable simplicity in the huge convent on the outskirts of St Come-d'Oit one of the many picturesque villages in this part of France. The name of the Convent: Espace Angele Merici- Couvent de Malet. Some may recognise the French version of the Saint we call Angela Merici Foundress of the Ursulines. There are currently 14 sisters living here, very elderly. Much of the Convent...

It's just a week since I attended the engaging Sunday liturgy at the Cathedral in Le Puy and the special Pilgrim's Mass on the Monday morning, before taking up my trusty sticks, pulling on my all-weather boots and leaving for St Jean Pied de Port, a place of beauty and charm nestled at the base of the Pyrenees some 740 Ks away. Well here it is 4.30am as I prepare to set out on Day Six. For the past five days, I have averaged just over 30 Kms a day (at least th...

As promised here is the story of my first friends for this Camino. You may recall as I meandered along the wrong path a lass by the name of Gerda called out to alert me of my mistake and hastened to put me on the right path. She had two companions a man and a very friendly dog named Oudine after some Nordic God. They travel together from Austria. After arriving at the first destination we discovered we were staying at the same little Hotel by the river run by t...

As promised here is the story of my first friends for this Camino. You may recall as I meandered along the wrong path a lass by the name of Gerda called out to alert me of my mistake and hastened to put me on the right path. She had two companions a man and a very friendly dog named Oudine after some Nordic God. They travel together from Austria. After arriving at the first destination we discovered we were staying at the same little Hotel by the river run by t...

On the way to St Privat-d'Allier I visited a small chapel dedicated to St Roche( when time permits a note about him but of interest was a statue of St Christopher carrying the baby Jesus across a flooded river.For centuries st Chris was honoured as the saint for a safe journey and his image was often attached to the rear vision mirror of a car for safe driving (more recently one sees a rosary or in the case of Muslims. a miniature copy of the Koran or Chinese sym...