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Expectations ... exceeded.
Sunday 20th April, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 2045 MASL It's taken me around 48 hours to get here. I took a somewhat circuitous route -...
pac
Apr 20, 20252 min read
Oooooh, only 2 weeks ...
In under 2 weeks I hop a bus to Perth, and then via a slightly convoluted route, a plane to Delhi, arriving into the Indira Gandhi...
pac
Apr 5, 20253 min read
In the footsteps of James
Some of you will know my fascination with my great grandfather, the Hon James Campbell MLA. At the time of his death in 1893 at age just...
pac
Feb 3, 20255 min read
Penultimate Ultimate II
Day 17 Revisited [Friday, 11 October 2024 - Cabrerets to Vers. ~10 klms, total ~334.3 klms., plus ~20klms by bus]. Update 19 October....
pac
Oct 19, 20246 min read
Yin-Yang
Day 20 - Monday, 14 October 2024 - Cahors to Paris As I commence writing this post I am aware of, and need to be explicit that, the...
pac
Oct 17, 20247 min read
Wanderin'
Day 19 - Sunday, 13 October 2024 - Cahors. ~8 klms Cahors exploration. Cahors is a city with an ancient history, pre-dating the Roman...
pac
Oct 14, 20242 min read
The End??
Day 18 - Saturday, 12 October 2024 - Vers to Cahors. ~16klms, total ~350.3.klms I have to say that, especially compared to the previous...
pac
Oct 13, 20243 min read
Penultimate Ultimate
Day 17 - Friday, 11 October 2024 - Cabrerets to Vers. ~10 klms, total ~334.3 klms., plus ~20klms by bus. There is way too much to tell...
pac
Oct 12, 20241 min read
Enchanted
Day 16 - Thursday, 10 October 2024 - Marcilhac-sur-Célé to Cabrerets. ~18.3 klms, total ~324.3 klms I could have called today’s post...
pac
Oct 11, 20241 min read
Spectacular
Day 15 - Wednesday, 9 October 2024 - Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie to Marcilhac-sur-Célé. Easy day, ~18 klms, total ~306 klms Mind you, those...
pac
Oct 11, 20242 min read
One
Day 14 - Tuesday, 8 October 2024 - Figeac to Espagnac-Sainte-Eulalie. ~23.6 klms; total ~288 klms. We have been walking the GR65 for...
pac
Oct 9, 20241 min read
And on the 13th day ...
... they rested Day 12 - Sunday, 6 October 2024 - Livinhac-le-Haut to Figeac. ~25 klms, total ~264.4, but really who knows? Day 13 -...
pac
Oct 8, 20243 min read
Meanderings II
Day 8 - Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - Saint-Côme d'Olt to Estaing. ~21 klms,~ 176.3 klms total. This is a follow up to Meanderings I, which...
pac
Oct 6, 20242 min read
Highways and byways
Day 11 - Saturday, 5 October 2024 - Conques to Livinhac-le-Haut. ~25.2 klms, total ~ 239.4 klms. Well actually, no highways at all, but...
pac
Oct 6, 20243 min read
Easy/Hard - a problem to be solved??
Day 10 - Friday, 4 October 2024 - Espeyrac to Conques. A mere 12.3 klms, total ~214.2 klms. Life is not a problem to be solved, but a...
pac
Oct 5, 20243 min read
Sensations
Day 9 - Thursday, 3 October 2024 - Estaing to Espeyrac. 25.6 klms; total ~201.9 klms We've averaged a little over 22klms/day so far for...
pac
Oct 4, 20243 min read
Meanderings I
Day 8 - Wednesday, 2 October 2024 - Saint-Côme d'Olt to Estaing. ~21 klms,~ 176.3 klms total. I'm writing this from the commune of...
pac
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Inspirations
Day 7 - Tuesday, 1 October 2024 - Saint-Chely-d'Aubrac to Saint Côme-d’Olt. ~16.7 klms, total ~155.3 klms. To dare is to lose one's...
pac
Oct 2, 20242 min read
In Reverse
Day 6 - Monday, 30 September 2024 - Nasbinals to Saint-Chely-d' Aubrac (Bonnefon) - somewhere around 20 klms Total to date ~138.6 klms....
pac
Oct 1, 20244 min read
Here Comes The Sun
Day 5 - Sunday, 29 September 2024 - Aumont-Aubrac to Nasbinals (~25.5 klms) It's amazing but not surprising that a change of weather...
pac
Sep 30, 20245 min read
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