May 16th/Day 47: Col de Crie - Le Cergne
Tiring and hot: the stage planning allows for nothing else: 35 km and hundreds of meters of elevation gain and loss. Ivan drives me to Col de Crie early at 8 am with a friendly...


Publié: 18.05.2019













Rain is forecasted, with 33 km being long again and from an altitude of 800 m down to 300 m. The beautiful Lowa hiking shoes are already worth their price.
From Charlieu onwards, I can expect monasteries and medieval towns again. Nature alone has been enough for a slow pace.
Supplies are replenished in a shop, then the day can be long.

Charlieu offers many medieval houses and a monastery complex, which suffered greatly once again due to the French Revolution.
The pilgrims have been crossing this bridge since the Middle Ages:










