Tuesday January 18 th 2015. Near Neret close to Chateaumeillant. About 25 km

It’s not very important me mentioning “in Chateaumeillant” in today’s title because this village has only 2000 inhabitants. That is still 10-fold more than Neret. I reached, again by many detours, at the end of the road a barn in a cottage. The barn is called a house. Actually the barn was a big spacy 

Saterday January 17th 2015 Hamlet Fragne at Sarzay . 15 to 17 km.

This morning the landlord came here to say goodbye and, probably more important, to receive the payment of 10 E . The additional costs for heating, he left to me, as a contribution to Mama Alice. photo. The predicted rain for today stopped last night. And rightly so. Today it is quite sunny. Tosca has, 

Friday January 16th 2015 Bonavoi near Mouhers near Cluis 26 km

For today rain and strong wind predicted. And what did the weather gods offer us? Dry all day and no wind ! This was also necessary, because Uncle Harry has caught a little ” rume ” (French for cold ) a couple of nights ago . And not really caught, though! I woke up and 

Thursday January 15 2015 29 km past Souterre

Rain predicted for today. And what do we get? Hazy sunshine, dry, 9 degrees C. One gets what one deserves. Cozy, extensive breakfast with the three ladies. All three of them came from the Champagne region in the North of France. So did my landlady , but now she lives here, while two colleagues from 

January 14 2015. Souterre. Some 20 plus km.

One of the many things that I often check is the weather forecast. All morning rain. Bah! Until now those tiny little showers didn’t bother me much. The little rain I got here mostly has been drizzling rain, although torrential rains happen here also, given the frequent floods I accounter. Fortunately I didn’t experience those. 

Tuesday January 13th 2015 Marsac 14 km.

Last night frost again. Today nice weather. In the open field it gradually gets cloudy and a cold wind is blowing. Then the pleasant temperature is gone immediately. The weather gets nasty. Again mostly asphalt roads followed by a still very beautiful landscape, many small forests, rivers, the occasional hamlet, an old farm. Advantage of 

Monday January 12 th 2015 Chatelus de Marceix. About 22 km.

We have become tough: Today “only” 22 km., So no hurry. Last night I worked till late checking on my ipad today’s route, looking for accommodation addresses, updating my blog a bit, so again I stayed up too late. This must be compensated for, so I do not wake up when the roosters start crowing, 

Sunday January 11th 2015 Castle of Ribignac at St. Martin Terressus at Armanac 28 km

Yves got up at the same time I did, made coffee, layed the table, made breakfast and put extra bread for me on the table to take with me. Because Patricia all week had to get up at 5 she stayed in the bed and slept a little longer. Yves helped picking up Leon, who 

Saturday January 10th 2015 Solignac About 25 km.

Shoes wearing out  Almost at Solignac, abbey on top   Pilgrims inn is closed and in disrepair  All-day drizzling. Continuously up- and downhill and fortunately a rather evident route. I no longer follow the described and more or less marked voie de Vezelay, also called the route to Santiago. I did not feel like slogging through 

Friday January 9th 2015 Flavignac 30 km says my book, I doubt it

Up at 6. At 7 in the dark I hit the road. Because it’s dark I do not find the route through fields and forest, so I’d rather stay on the road, the N21. I hope the first hour there will not be much traffic and I then I’ll make good progress with my 30