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...

Good morning The first day is completed but only just. It was the best of days and the worst of days and here is why: After an early breakfast I set out from Le Puy. Leaving Le Puy was not easy- the road out is relentless up hill. The training around the gentle slopes of Lane Cove were no match. Many if not most pilgrims experience the "when will this hill "crest"?( I am not sure if this use of a noun as a verb is legitimate as in medal= to medal) But I digres...

Good morning The first day is completed but only just. It was the best of days and the worst of days and here is why: After an early breakfast I set out from Le Puy. Leaving Le Puy was not easy- the road out is relentless up hill. The training around the gentle slopes of Lane Cove were no match. Many if not most pilgrims experience the "when will this hill "crest"?( I am not sure if this use of a noun as a verb is legitimate as in medal= to medal) But I digres...

Once again I am having trouble with this blog. After a promising start on a new blog, for reasons I cannot fathom, when I pushed the save draft tab it kept erasing what I had written. What was that you said? First it was his two fingers now it's his whole hand. I think you are right. So for the third time this evening I'ii try again before turning in to prepare for tomorrow. The decision to arrive three days before departure day proved a good one. I had time to...

Hello again and so soon. This time I am using my iPhone rather than my mini iPad in the hope that it works better rather than send it to Mars instead of you. A brief summary of what I wrote three times and at great length to no avail: Left Sydney represented by the plaque commemorating Joseph Conrad's visit to Australia and his comment about our harbour. Trip was uneventful no upgrades no interesting personalities to chat with as happened during my last trip ...