Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine to Dangé-Saint-Romain

Day 30 of the ‘virtual pilgrimage’ in which we consider Aymeri Picaud’s Liber Sancti Jacobi, the very first European guide for travellers, the equivalent of the Baedekker or Michelin Guides of the 19th and 20th centuries. We are not told to “leave the big stick outside,” while getting a tampon at the Mairie de Draché, … More Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine to Dangé-Saint-Romain

Dieppe: parish church of Saint-Jacques de Compostelle

Day 13a: Walking Out of the World, a two thousand kilometre 86-day pilgrimage to Compostela on foot across England and France to the north west corner of Spain. (Previous post: Day 12b An interlude: The Midnight Ferry to Dieppe) The ferry arrived in Dieppe at 5.30 a.m. and there is – for the pilgrim – a … More Dieppe: parish church of Saint-Jacques de Compostelle