VIA TOLOSANA PILGRIMAGE.
7th SECTION.
11/Jun/2019 to 20/Jun/2019.
7th SECTION.
11/Jun/2019 to 20/Jun/2019.
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| Holy year 1954... Perhaps the reason why. |
VIA TOLOSANA ITINERARY :
EARLIER (18 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
EARLIER - 24/Oct/2018-02/Nov/2018 (10 days) :
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– 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
THIS POST - 10/Jun/2019-20/Jun/2019 (10days) :
– Auch –> Barran
– Barran –> Saint-Christaud
– Saint-Christaud –> Marciac
– Marciac –> Vidouze
– Vidouze –> Morlaàs
– Morlaàs –> Lescar (Auch)
– Lescar (Auch) –> Lacommande
– Lacommande –> Oloron-Sainte-Marie
– Oloron-Sainte-Marie –> Sarrance
– Sarrance –> Etsaut
LATER :
– Etsaut –> Col de Somport (French-Spanish border)
– Col du Somport –> Jaca
– Jaca –> Arrés
– Arrés –> Ruesta
– Ruesta –> Sangüesa
– Sangüesa –> Monreal
– Monreal –> Puente-la-Reina
Sunday 09/Jun/2019.
Home to Toulouse journey.
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| 7.5 kg backpack ! |
- Brussels Airlines flight SN3669 from Brussels (BRU) to Toulouse (TLS), 15:55-17:35, 1h40.
|---| Hôtel Icare, Toulouse, 55€ without meals.
Monday 10/Jun/2019.
Hike # 29, 16.6km, 4h10.
Auch > Barran.
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| One and a half hour train ride from Toulouse to Auch, for 1€ ... a good deal ! |
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| Auch's cathedral. |
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| Waymarking. |
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| Leaving the asphalt road. |
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| Entering Barran. |
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| Barran's church,with the famous twisted spire. |
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| Barran. |
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| The pilgrim hostel, opened by the municipal agent. |
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| The municipal pilgrim hostel. |
- SNCF train ride from Toulouse to Auch, 10:24-11:55, 1h31, 1€.
|---| Accueil Municipal des Pèlerins, Barran, 10€ (dorm).
Tuesday 11/Jun/2019.
Hike # 30, 26km, 6h35.
Barran > Saint-Christaud.
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| Isle de Noé. |
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| Isle de Noé. |
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| Armagnac country ! |
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| Montesquiou. |
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| Montesquiou. |
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| Montesquiou. |
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| Montesquiou. |
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| Pouylebon. |
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| Gîte for tonight. |
|---| Gîte "La Baraque", Saint Christaud, donativo (half board).
Wednesday 12/Jun/2019.
Hike # 31, 11.7km, 3h.
Saint-Christaud –> Marciac.
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| Leaving the gîte. |
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| Entering Saint Christaud. |
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| Saint Christaud, église Saint Christophe church. |
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| A first glimpse on the Pyrenees mountains. |
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| The historical pilgrimage road. |
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| Monlezun, castle ruins. |
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| Approaching Marciac, Notre dame de la Croix pilgrimage site. |
Marciac.
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| Marciac, large main square with arcades. |
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| Marciac, Augustins convent church. |
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| Marciac, famous for its jazz festival. |
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| Marciac, Notre Dame de l'Assomption church. |
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| Marciac, colorful portal of the Notre Dame de l'Assomption church. |
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| Marciac, pilgrim hospital. |
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| Marciac, camping cabin for tonight. |
|---| Camping du Lac, Marciac, 15€/cabin.
Thursday 13/Jun/2019.
Hike # 32, 30.7km, 8h00.
Marciac –> Vidouze.
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| Sunrise above Marciac. |
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| Approaching Auriébat. |
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| Auriébat. |
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| Entering Maubourguet. |
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| Maubourguet, coffee time. |
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| Maubourguet. |
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Maubourguet, 11th century
Notre Dame de l'Assomption church.
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Saint Martin,
second patron of the church.
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| Leaving Maubourguet. |
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| A highway bridge decorated with two Saint James shells. |
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| Fork for the pilgrimage trail options : left through Lourdes, right through Pau. Taking the one on the right. |
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| Houn de Basch, middle-age miraculous water well. |
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| Picnic with a nice local Madiran wine. |
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| Vidouze. |
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| "Tintin" bedroom for tonight. |
|---| La Vie Douce, Vidouze, 35€/room.
Friday 14/Jun/2019.
Hike # 33, 25.6km, 6h30.
Vidouze –> Morlaàs.
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| Breakfast. |
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| Leaving Corinne and Michel from the gîte La Vie Douce. |
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| Approaching Momy. |
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| Momy. |
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| Woodpigeon hunting tower (chasse à la palombière). |
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| Woodpigeon hunting, shelter. |
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| Anoye. |
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| Anoye, a typical house of this region. |
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| A rainy picnic at a pilgrim stop. |
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| Morlaàs, Sainte Foy church. |
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| Morlaàs, tympanum of the church. |
|---| Hotel La Hourquie, Morlaàs.
Saturday 15/Jun/2019.
Hike # 34, 19.5km, 4h45.
Morlaàs –> Lescar (Pau).
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| Leaving the Hotel. |
Lescar.
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| Lescar cathedral. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lescar_Cathedral |
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| Lescar cathedral. 12th Century mosaic, showing an archor with a wooden leg |
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| Lescar cathedral, Saint James. |
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| Lescar cathedral, Saint Michael. |
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| Pilgrim hostel for tonight. |
Communion procession.
|---| Gîte Communal "Refuge Saint Jacques", Lescar, 10€/dorm.
Sunday 16/Jun/2019.
Hike # 35, 13.5km, 2h35.
Lescar (Pau) –> Lacommande.
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| Leaving Lescar. |
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| Waymarking. |
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| Gave de Pau River. |
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| Coffee stop. |
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| Someone put this suggestive Champagne table along the pilgrimage road, unfortunaltely all fake. |
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| Sainte Blaise (physician) church. part of the 12th century commandery and pilgrim hospital. |
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| Lacommande church. |
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| Lacommande church. |
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| Lacommande, garden cemetery of the historical Pilgrim Hospital, with discoidal headstones |
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| Siesta time... "Merci de respecter le repos des pèlerins". |
|---| La Commanderie de Saint Jacques, Lacommande, 11€ dorm.
Monday 17/Jun/2019.
Hike # 36, 17.7km, 5h05.
Lacommande –> Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
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| Nice beers from a local brewery along the trail |
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| A welcome pilgrim stop with picnic table, a shoe-decorated bin and drinking water. |
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| Entering Oloron-Sainte-Marie. |
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| Oloron-Sainte-Marie. Pilgrim statue, locals refer to it as Saint James. |
|---| Relais du Bastet, Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
Tuesday 18/Jun/2019.
Hike # 37, 20.8km, 5h15.
Oloron-Sainte-Marie –> Sarrance.
|---| Norbertine monastery, Sarrance, 25€ dorm, half board.
Wednesday 19/Jun/2019.
Hike # 38, 21.7km, 5h45.
Sarrance –> Etsaut.
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| Leaving the monastery. |
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| Bedous. |
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| Bedous. |
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| Sacrilege ? |
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| River Kwai style bridge. |
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| Etsaut, end of the ten days hike. |
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| Bye bye Sainte Germaine de Pibrac (church of Etsaut). See you in September at the end of the GR10. |
|---| Philip's house, Misson.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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