17th May/48th day: Le Cergne - Noailly

Ku kandziyisiwile: 18.05.2019

Tsarisa eka Xiphephana xa Mahungu

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:

Abbey Charlieu

But still on the way, there is the monastery complex of La-Bénisson-Dieu, which was completely destroyed except for the church nave. This monastery was founded as a Cistercian monastery in 1138 and goes back to Bernard of Clairvaux.

Quite exhausted, I start planning the next stages in the evening.

Summary up to today: 1287 km completed, still 1740 km to Santiago de Compostella. That's now over 3000 km in total, I didn't expect that in advance.

In a few days, I will (hopefully) be in Le Puy-de-Velay, then it will be about halfway.

Tsarisa eka Xiphephana xa Mahungu

Nhlamulo (1)

Stefan

Lieber Heimbert - ich begleite Deinen weiten Weg wie wir alle fasziniert in Wort und Bild. Mangels schmerzender Füße, sonstiger Wehwehchen, Arbeitsanfall im Büro und besonders bei gutem Wetter sind wir da auch ein ganz kleines bisschen neidisch ;-). Dir Kraft und Freude für die nächsten 1740 km! PS: Beim Zählen der Kilometer aber gerade in Frankreich auch nicht das Essen vergessen ;-)

U nga rivali ku va kahle :)

17th May/48th day: Le Cergne - Noailly

Swiviko swo tala swa maendzo

Xikolo xa xirhendzevutani xa Llanes

Goal achieved - End of our 1st bike tour

Day 19 - hot