Monthly Archives: June 2022

We were delighted to be joined by Tom’s friend Stuart who arrived last night from the USA via London and Paris. As we had a long day ahead of us we turned in early after a welcoming glass of wine (or two!) in the hotel bar. Annoyingly we were kept awake by people shouting in […]

There was a huge thunderstorm last night, and heavy rain overnight, but today has been pleasantly cooler. Fortunately the storm started after we got back from supper in a restaurant around the corner as we’d not taken caghoules with us. Our hotel is comfortable and well situated on a cobbled side street in the old […]

We chose to stay at the Chateau de la Dame Blanche because there was absolutely nowhere else to stay in the vicinity. The auberge in Cussey was closed down and we needed somewhere between Bucey and Besancon. So, not quite your average billet for pilgrims, but the Chateau was in a convenient location. When we […]

Last night our hosts delivered a very nice meal for us to eat in our tiny kitchen and stamped our pilgrim passports for us. This morning we enjoyed the novelty of muesli and cups of tea for breakfast, having found a kettle hidden away in a cupboard. A good cup of tea (with fresh milk) […]

Our overnight accommodation at Dampierre, the Au Bon Vivant chambre d’hote, was very comfortable. There were three other guests there including a couple from Lausanne. Conversation over pre-dinner drinks focussed on politics and international relations. The general consensus was that Brexit was a disaster for Britain, France and Switzerland in equal measure. Interestingly, they thought […]

After a long day, a couple of excellent glasses of beer brewed in the Jura, and supper of trout in a very tasty sauce using local cheese, we slept soundly and late. Whilst packing our rucksacks in the morning Hedevika, the young Czech pilgrim we met yesterday, appeared in the street below our window having […]

We decided to make an early start today as we had a long way to go, so we’d asked for breakfast at 0630. Our hosts were retired farmers and conversation was wide ranging over a delicious supper, which included wild boar shot by our host who is a keen hunter. We can confirm that it […]

There was a good crack of thunder and rain overnight. We woke early to an overcast sky wondering which forecast would turn out to be correct. After an early breakfast we managed to get away just after 8am, and headed out of one of the old city gates towards the lake we’d seen from the […]

Our billet is very comfortable though the cuisine is indifferent, except for breakfast which was excellent. We were given a family room with both a double and two single beds, and the advantage of windows front and back giving us a much needed through-draught last night. So much so that when the wind got up […]

As promised in the forecast, today was very hot from early morning onwards, but we had slept well after a sumptuous evening meal and wide-ranging conversation with our delightful hostess, Elisabeth. Much of what we were offered had been home grown or home brewed, and it was all delicious! We were again aghast at the […]