I was last time too fast to say that the summer was here

Now its again autumn with a first full day of rainwalking, but when leaving for such a long time it is unevitable that there will be a week bad weather...we'll survive ofcourse







24 april (Thiviers - Sorges 18km)

A short walking distance and i'm not complaining so i could enjoy the last summer day for the moment

I stayed at a house which is funded by the community of Sorges specialy for pelgrims and volunteers host the house every two weeks
and take good care of the pelgrims so i enjoyed a delicious evening meal and the good company of the hosts


25 april (Sorges - Périgeux 25km)

Today the first full day of rainwalking and being packed well with my good raincoat i didn't almost see anything else besides my feet during the walking
These kind of days are ofcourse not very enjoyable in this kind of hiking journey

Today i'm for the 3rd time being hosted by english people and start to think of maybe doing a hiking tour in Great Britain to meet French hosts again


26 april (Périgeux - St.Astier 26km)

In the morning i took a few hours to visit this very beautiful city because it was not raining yet

Périgeux has a citypart of Medieval age and one of Roman age which are well worth to visit..two big cathedrals from the both ages impressed me a lot
along with different other buildings which you can admire in the pictures. I came already 3x to this region (Dordogne), but i didn't knew that Périgeux is certainly as important to visit as the other famous cities like Rocamadour, Sarlat,...

In Saint-Astier i had a whole bungalow at my disposal for only 10euro so i could spent the night cheap and dry!


27 april (Saint-Astier - Mussidan 24km)

A dry and warmer walking today with a few nice typical southern towns that gave me the feeling of being a lot advanced on my journey since the start

I realise today i've been walking already 23days without a full day off and have the idea of visiting Bergerac for a day the day after tomorrow...
i must see this city ofcourse!


28 april (Mussidan - St.-Foy 35km)

Today a full walking day in heavy rain & sometimes heavy wind....this was a though challenge for my endurance abilities but i managed to reach my goal without too much bad cursing
Sadly this was one of the most beautiful walking roads in the region which should offer magnificent views over the valley of the Dordogne, but the heavy rain made it al look quite unenjoyable

I ended the trip with 4 other pelgrims (the dutch couple and 2 french men) and we were trapped at the end above the hill where the last steep path downhill was transferred into a torrent stream so we had to make our way around before ending finaly this long trip

Luckely we had the whole Presbyterie of St.-Foy at our disposal and ended up with a good sleep


29 april (visiting day)

Today a full day of visiting the Dordogne valley and i will take the train and stop in various towns like Bergerac, Sarlat...
It is not raining so i can enjoy the day better than yesterday


Much greetings to you all
Pascal

27-04-2009 om 00:00 geschreven door Scali