WALKING TO THE PYRENEES - DAY 1

THIS IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED - JUST OUTSIDE 

LA PETITE GALERIE IN MEZIN

Official marker in Mézin directing pilgrims to Compostela 

Outside St Jean-Baptiste in Mézin

Heading out of town down rue du Paridis towards the Porte Anglaise
(the village gate where the English were expelled in the middle ages)

Arriving in Fources

Fources from the air (we arrived in foot)

The end of Day 1 of our walk - waiting for dinner at a duck farm near Montreal

AUSSIE PILGRIMS GETTING READY

D-DAY MINUS 1

BREAKFAST AT LA PETITE GALERIE

Yvonne, Graham, Yolande, Etienne, Lester and Liza

Preparing for their pilgrimage that started in Australia - Eating, drinking and shopping. The hard part starts tomorrow, 7 May: THE ACTUAL WALKING BIT.

Team Photo on a medieval bridge in Nerac

Outside Henry IV's Chateau

Lynne trying to steal a lady's earring

They've escaped from shopping duty

Waiting for (another) drink

We set off after lunch today to walk from Mézin to Fources. The forecast is fine with a top of 24 degrees celsius. 

Watch this space for photos of tired pilgrims.

WALKING TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

BONJOUR, HOLA, G'DAY
This is Lynne at Roncesvalles near the Spanish border on top of the Pyrenees.
We're planning a walk on Le Chemin de St Jacques (in France) - or El Camino (in Spain) -  and the Way of St James (in English) - for six Australian pilgrims who are walking some of the best bits of the Pilgrim Path to Santiago de Compostela in May this year.
The most important part of the plan is to make sure the snow's gone by May.

MORE INFORMATION ON WALKING ON THE ST JACQUES ROUTE
Find out about walking some of the best stages on the Route to Santiago de Compostela in France - please click here:
http://pilgrimswayinfrance.blogspot.fr