Via_Tolosana_2018

VIA TOLOSANA PILGRIMAGE.
6th SECTION.

24/Oct/2018 to 02/Nov/2018.

1954... Perhaps the reason why.

VIA TOLOSANA ITINERARY :

EARLIER (18 hiking days) :
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– Aix-en-Provence –> Salon-de-Provence
– Salon-de-Provence –> Maussane-les-Alpilles
– Maussane-les-Alpilles –> Arles
– Arles –> Saint-Gilles-du-Gard
– Saint-Gilles-du-Gard –> Gallargues-le-Montueux
– Gallargues-le-Montueux –> Montpellier
– Montpellier –> Montarnaud
– Montarnaud –> Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert
– Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert –> Montpeyroux
– Montpeyroux –> Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière
– Saint-Jean-de-la-Blaquière –> Lodève
– Lodève –> Lunas
– Lunas –> Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare
– Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare –> Murat-sur-Vèbre
– Murat-sur-Vèbre –> La Salvetat-sur-Agoût
– La Salvetat-sur-Agoût –> Anglès
– Anglès –> Boissezon
– Boissezon –> Castres

THIS POST
23/Oct/2018-02/Nov/2018 (10 hiking days) :
– Castres –> Dourgne
– Dourgne –> Revel
– Revel –> Les Cassès
– Les Cassès –> Avignonet-Lauragais
– Avignonet-Lauragais –> Ayguesvives
– Ayguesvives –> Toulouse
– Toulouse –> L’Isle-Jourdain
– L’Isle-Jourdain –> Gimont
– Gimont –> Montégut
– Montégut –> Auch

LATER (17 hiking days) :
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– Auch –> Barran
– Barran –> Saint-Christaud
– Saint-Christaud –> Marciac
– Marciac –> Vidouze
– Vidouze –> Morlaàs
– Morlaàs –> Lescar
– Lescar –> Lacommande
– Lacommande –> Oloron-Sainte-Marie
– Oloron-Sainte-Marie –> Sarrance
– Sarrance –> Etsaut
– Etsaut –> Col du Somport
– Col du Somport –> Jaca
– Jaca –> Arrés
– Arrés –> Ruesta
– Ruesta –> Sangüesa
– Sangüesa –> Monreal
– Monreal –> Puente-la-Reina

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Tuesday 23/Oct/2018.

Castres. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castres

Along the Agout river.

Halloween approches,
also here.

Wednesday 24/Oct/2018.

Hike # 19.

Castres –> Dourgne.

Pilgrim statue
(Goya museum).

Saint Roch fountain.

Start of the day hike,
along the Agout river.

Railway crossing.

Beautiful wildflowers.

Oops... (Fongledou).

Barginac.

Barginac.

Viviers-lès-Montagnes.

Viviers-les-Montagnes.

La Coutarié.

Saint Jean church, Lugarié.

En Calcat abbey, Dourgne.
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_d'En-Calcat

En Calcat abbey. 

Sainte Scholastique abbey.
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Sainte-Scholastique

Sainte Scholastique abbey.

|---| Ferme d'En Gout, Dourgne, 32€/p half bord (avoid this place !).


Thursday 25/Oct/2018.
Hike # 20.
Dourgne –> Revel.

Ferme d'en Gout.

Shoeprints left by other pilgrims.

Oops...

Sorèze. 

Lunch time restaurant.

Lunch time.

Revel. 

Hotel for tonight.

|---| Hotel du midi, Revel, 60€/p half board.


Friday 26/Oct/2018.

Hike # 21.
Revel –> Les Cassés.

Along the "Rigole de la Plaine" canal.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigole_de_la_plaine

Moulin Bas lock.

Lunch time restaurant
at the lac de Lenclas.

The Plaine Lauragaise.

Cathares memorial.
http://www.catharcastles.info/casses.php

Les Cassés towncenter
(200 inhabitants).

Grave stone.

|---| Gîte d'étape Le Passeur-Elle, Les Cassés, 30€/p half board.


Saturday 27/Oct/2018.
Hike # 22.
Les Cassés –> Avignonet-Lauragais.

Seuil de Narouze. 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seuil_de_Naurouze

Yellow-Blue waymarking
takes over for the two-days variant
running along the Canal du Midi.

Canal du Midi.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_du_Midi

Gite for tonight.

|---| Gîte Pèlerin La Goutille, Avignonet-Lauragais, 30€/p half board.


Sunday 28/Oct/2018.
Hike #23.
Avignonet-Lauragais –> Ayguesvives.

Simon de Montfort statue,
Avignonet.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albigensian_Crusade

Jeanne d'Arc statue,
Avignonet.

Canal bridge.

Negra Lock (Écluse de Néra),
with one of the canal churches.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negra_Lock

Gite for tonight.

|---| Gîte Associatif Jacquaire ACSJO, Ayguesvives, 15€/p B&B + diner donation.


Monday 29/Oct/2018.
Hike # 24.
Ayguesvives –> Toulouse.

Ayguesvives church.

Montgiscard church.

Donne ville church.

Approaching Toulouse, still 6km to go,
in cold, windy, and rainy weather.

Toulouse.

Saint James in Toulouse's cathedral.

Saint Sernin basilica, Toulouse.

Saint Agatha, in the Saint Sernin basilica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_of_Sicily

Promoting pilgrimage.

|---| Hotel Ours Blanc Centre, Toulouse, 55€ without breakfast.

Tuesday 30/Oct/2018.
Hike # 25.
Toulouse-Pibrac –> L’Isle-Jourdain.

Pibrac. 

Town of Saint Germaine.

A short train ride for Toulouse's suburb Pibrac. 

Pibrac castle.

Pibrac's Sainte Germaine church.

Pibrac's Sainte Germaine basilica
(facing her church).

Saint Germaine statue,
in between her church and her basilica.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Cousin

Railroad crossing.

Pujaudran.

L'Isle-Jourdain.

|---| Family stay, l'Isle Jourdain, donativo.

Wednesday 31/Oct/2018.
Hike # 26.
L’Isle-Jourdain –> Gimont.

Monferran-Savès.

Pilgrim register.

Monferran-Savès.

Monferran-Savès.

Sainte Germaine,
Monferran-Savès.

Picnic 

Gimont.

|---| Gîte d'Etape "Chez Dominique", Gimont, 28.50€/p half board.

Thursday 01/Nov/2018.
Hike # 27.
Gimont –> Montégut.

Chapelle de Paillan.
l'Isle Arné.

Lunch picnic at Lussan.

Lussan.

"Tour des Fées" tower,
Montégut.

Montégut castle.

Gîte for tonight.

|---| Gîte de la Tour des Fées, Montégut, 29€/p half board.

Friday 02/Nov/2018.
Hike # 28.
Montégut –> Auch & return home Journey. 

Pigeon tower.

Auch and the river Gers.

D'Artagnan statue.

Auch's cathedral.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auch_Cathedral

Detail of the choir stalls (1510).
Adam and Eve, the Original Sin.

Arnaud de Moles'
stained glass windows (1507).

Once more Sainte Germaine from Pibrac.

Auch's railway station.

- 14:06-15:36 train from Auch to Toulouse, 12.30€.
- 16:58 train from Toulouse to Nîmes, 15€.
- Car ride from Nîmes to Home.

|---| Home.

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