A Journey of Days Continues : Mud, Mountains, and Mindfulness on the Camino de Saint-Jacques

Table of Contents

• Chemin de Saint-Jacques from Le Puy 2
• Foreword 9
• Acknowledgements 11
• Prologue 13
• 13 April 2011 — in Ottawa 13
• 14–15 April — Ottawa to Paris and Bordeaux 15
• 16 April — Bordeaux to Le Puy-en-Velay 17
• The Journey Starts — on the Aubrac Plateau 23
• 18 April — Le Puy-en-Velay to Montbonnet 23
• 19 April — Montbonnet to Monistrol-d’Allier 24
• 20 April — Monistrol to Saugues 25
• 21 April — Saugues to Le Sauvage 28
• 22 April — Le Sauvage to Aumont-Aubrac 31
• 23 April — Aumont-Aubrac to Nasbinal 34
• 24 April — Nasbinal to Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac 36
• INTERRUPTION 39
• 25 April 2011 — Retracing My Steps 39
• 26 April — Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac to Paris 42
• 27–28 April — Paris to Ottawa 43
• Looking Back 45
• 18 April — Over the Atlantic 49
• 19 April — in Paris 51
• 20 April — Paris to Aumont-Aubrac 52
• A Little History — Vichy, France 54
• 21 April — Aumont to Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac 55
• JOURNEY RESUMED 62
• 22 April 2012  — Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac to Saint-Côme-d’Olt 62
• 23 April — Saint-Côme-d’Olt to Estaing 65
• 24 April — Estaing to Campuac 68
• 25 April — Campuac to Sénergues 74
• 26 April — Sénergues to Conques 78
• 27–28 April — Conques to Descazeville 82
• 29 April — Descazeville to Chaunac 87
• 30 April — Chaunac to La Cassagnole 89
• 1 May — La Cassagnole to Lacapelle-Marival 93
• 2 May — Lacapelle to Rocamadour 95
• 3 May — Rocamadour to Cahors 99
• 4 May — Cahors to Lascabanes 103
• 5 May — Lascabanes to Lauzerte 106
• 6 May — Lauzerte to La Baysse 110
• 7 May — La Baysse to Moissac 114
• 8 May — Moissac to Espalais 117
• 9 May — Espalais to Castet-Arrouy 124
• 10 May — Castet-Arrouy to Marsolan 127
• 11 May — Marsolan to Condom 131
• 12 May — Condom to Montréal-du-Gers 134
• 13 May — in Montréal-du-Gers 137
• 14 May — Montréal-du-Gers to Eauze 139
• 15 May — Eauze to Arblade-le-Haut 143
• 16 May — Arblade-le-Haut to Aire-sur-l’Adour 146
• 17 May — Aire-sur-l’Adour to Miramont-Sensacq 151
• 18 May — Miramont-Sensacq to Arzacq-Arraziguet 157
• 19 May — Arzacq-Arraziguet to Arthez-de-Béarn 160
• 20 May — Arthez-de-Béarn to Pomps to Arthez-de-Béarn 164
• 21 May — Arthez-de-Béarn to L’Abbaye de Sauvelade 167
• 22 May — Sauvelade to Navarrenx 170
• 23 May — Navarrenx to Aroue-Ithortos-Olhaïby 174
• 24 May — Aroue to Ostabat 178
• 25 May — Ostabat to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port 180
• 26 May — Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Orisson 184
• 27 May — Orisson to Roncevalles 188
• 28 May — Roncevalles to Zubiri 194
• 29 May — Zubiri to Pamplona 196
• 30 May — A Last Day in Pamplona 201
• Lessons Remembered 204
• Whatever Happened to . . .? 218
• About the Author 223