Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Me at the Port de Saint Jacques

Not sure why I look short and square but this is me crossing the Port de Saint Jacque herer in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port earlier this afternoon. It looks like this is as far as I will be walking. I called Le Puy this morning and got the sad news that there is still too much snow in that area for the walking to be safe. The lady said that some young people are doing it but I don't think I fit in that catagory. Not sure what I will do with the next 11 days before I got to Paris, but stay tuned and I will let you know.

I stayed in a wonderful Gite in Ostabat last night it is run by a retired Basque couple and from the time I arrived I had the feeling that I knew the man. At one point during dinner he looked at me and said are you singing, I guess I must have been humming which I have a tendenancy to do. I said no anf believe me you don't want lme to sing. At that point the last piece of the puzzle fell into place; I said I don't sing but you do don't you and you are on youtube singing Ultreia, he smiled and said yest that is me. It is one of my favorite youtube videos; have a look



He agreed to sing for me so I ran to my room and got my flip camcorder:



Crossing the Port de Saint Jacques

2 comments:

Kiwi Nomad said...

Congrats Dale... I have a photo from nearly the same position. I got a passing vacationer to take it, and they wished me "Happy Holidays". If only they knew!
Gosh, still too much snow for walking from Le Puy. I started April 14th from Le Puy in 2008, and although I experienced some snow and some very cold wet days then, it was certainly do-able. And people were saying that was a cold season- but this one seems worse....

Dale said...

Thanks Margaret a fellow pilgrim took my photo she has walked from Geneva in stages and hopes to reach Santiago in 2012.

I've been in France since February first and it has been a cold winter all over. The lady at Le Puy sdaid some young people were walking it but I don't think I will take the risk. Still lots of snow on those high slopes.