Author Archives: Tom and Julie

There was some rain overnight and we woke to a grey sky, cooler temperature and higher humidity than for the last few days. Our hostess (who lives in another village) arrived at 9am so we settled our bill for the meals provided and then set off. On leaving Villeret we took a grassy track across […]

The morning sky was a little grey and the temperature had dropped overnight, with a forecast for possible showers during the day. Today’s walk was all about wooden churches – which were open and proudly part of a recognised tourist route, so completely different from what we’ve seen so far. As we left our very […]

We woke to another fine day with just a slight chill in the wind. Our lodgings at the Hotel Au Bon Sejour had been very comfortable and the owners very kind and helpful. We were fortunate to have had a room at the back of the building overlooking the garden. It might have been a […]

Although yesterday we felt very much in need of a day off, we haven’t felt as foot sore today as on some of our previous rest days, so maybe our feet are finally getting used to their daily pounding! A late start and leisurely breakfast probably helped too. Our hotel is conveniently located just off […]

There are so many places called Vitry that is is essential to add the Le Francois bit so people know where you’re talking about! Wikipedia lists no less than 14 places called Vitry in 9 different Departements. Our lodgings for the night at Les Perrieres were most comfortable, and throughly recommended to other VF pilgrims. […]

Despite an early breakfast it took us some time to get going on account of the need to find and book accommodation through the next week. This stage is particularly difficult accommodation-wise and needed careful planning with some modification of our route. Leaving our hotel at about 1100, we headed for the city centre to […]

Another fine morning welcomed the pilgrims, with just a tinge of patchy high cloud. How fortunate we are, but how long will it last? With a relatively short day’s walk to Chalons we were a little later leaving than normal, but we enjoyed the lie in. We backtracked through the village to recross the Marne […]

We all slept very well after our degustation! The nearby peacocks, though, were confused by a bright full moon and screeched waking us at intervals during the night, though Rhyd told us he slept through this. We awoke to a view from our bedroom window of the sun shining onto the vineyards, turning their daytime […]

Off we set at an early hour from our central Reims billet with Rhyd in tow. Actually he was bounding ahead, in search of somewhere to buy bananas. Eventually he found somewhere to buy not just bananas but enough additional supplies to keep a Welsh platoon on the march. So we followed him on with […]

Hurrah, another rest day! Our accommodation is a few hundred yards from the cathedral, which we can see out of our window, taking care not to fall over the third floor balustrade. The downside of being so central is that it was very noisy throughout the night – which provided as good an excuse as […]