Because of my accident we had decided to have a rest day in Le Puy before walking, it meant we could stay in a hotel and have a lie in, followed by a leisurely breakfast and then explore the town.
We did just this, packed our bags and headed for the Cathederal which was strait up hill and our bags felt like someone had filled them with bricks in the middle of the night, both of us were sure they hadn't felt as heavy the day before!
We had a walk round and said a prayer and took a photo of the statue of St James, we will be back tommorow to attend the pilgrims mass at 7am and get a blessing. We then headed down hill to the town to organise our lodgings for the night, following a quick visit to the tourist infomation to check our E-mails.
This was to be our first taste of communal sleeping in a Gite d'etape, picked as it was on the route we had to take tommorow, we just hoped the other residents would not snore! So our hearts sunk when the other beds were filled with an elderly German man and an elderly French couple, we expected the worse! But more of that later.
After dumping our bags we headed off to explore, the first place we explored was a Boulangerie, where we picked up our lunch, we then found a park to eat it in. Thus fortified we headed for the church of St Michael d'Aiguilhe a wonderful church perchedoa on a old volcanic plug overlooking the town of Le Puy.
The 280 or so steps up to it were well worth the climb, it's just a pity that you have to pay to visit a house of prayer however unique it is. St Michael's is a special place to visit and the views from the top were spectacular.
After leaving St Michael's we went for a short walk beside the river, before meeting up with the friends of St James in Le Puy who plied with alcohol and despite none of us speaking much of the others language made us welcome. We then had a meal and then to bed, to find out if our room mates would snore.
Lesley says that i am accident prone, which i have always disputed, however, prior to our meal we had decided to take a shower a do some laundery, trying to save time I dived into the shower with my dirty cloths on to give them a good soak before laundering them unfortunatly when I removed my t-shirt I realised I was still wearing my security pouch with my pasport,credit cards & £200 in it, the pouch was soaked but fortunatly the contents were only damp! Perhaps Lesley is right after all.
We did just this, packed our bags and headed for the Cathederal which was strait up hill and our bags felt like someone had filled them with bricks in the middle of the night, both of us were sure they hadn't felt as heavy the day before!
We had a walk round and said a prayer and took a photo of the statue of St James, we will be back tommorow to attend the pilgrims mass at 7am and get a blessing. We then headed down hill to the town to organise our lodgings for the night, following a quick visit to the tourist infomation to check our E-mails.
This was to be our first taste of communal sleeping in a Gite d'etape, picked as it was on the route we had to take tommorow, we just hoped the other residents would not snore! So our hearts sunk when the other beds were filled with an elderly German man and an elderly French couple, we expected the worse! But more of that later.
After dumping our bags we headed off to explore, the first place we explored was a Boulangerie, where we picked up our lunch, we then found a park to eat it in. Thus fortified we headed for the church of St Michael d'Aiguilhe a wonderful church perchedoa on a old volcanic plug overlooking the town of Le Puy.
The 280 or so steps up to it were well worth the climb, it's just a pity that you have to pay to visit a house of prayer however unique it is. St Michael's is a special place to visit and the views from the top were spectacular.
After leaving St Michael's we went for a short walk beside the river, before meeting up with the friends of St James in Le Puy who plied with alcohol and despite none of us speaking much of the others language made us welcome. We then had a meal and then to bed, to find out if our room mates would snore.
Lesley says that i am accident prone, which i have always disputed, however, prior to our meal we had decided to take a shower a do some laundery, trying to save time I dived into the shower with my dirty cloths on to give them a good soak before laundering them unfortunatly when I removed my t-shirt I realised I was still wearing my security pouch with my pasport,credit cards & £200 in it, the pouch was soaked but fortunatly the contents were only damp! Perhaps Lesley is right after all.
1 comment:
Fancy a Vicar Laundering Money and Having to go all the way to France to do it !!!!!! love the blog XX
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