Le Puy Camino: Cahors to Lectoure | Part 5 (Via Podiensis)

Welcome to part 5 of our 1500 km Camino along the Via Podiensis - from Le Puy-en-Velay, France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. In this episode we barely survive the heatwave, walk along a canal, attend two festivals, and visit the towns of Lauzerte, Moissac, and Auvillar.
We started the Via Podiensis (Le Puy Camino or Chemin du Puy) on August 7, 2023, spending 28 days walking in France, arriving at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on September 3rd. From there, we continued on the Camino Frances, arriving in Santiago on September 29th.
This is our first time walking the Via Podiensis and our second time on the Camino Frances. We have hiked several other Camino routes in Spain including the Camino Primitivo (May 2023), Camino de Invierno (March 2023), the Camino del Norte (July 2019), and the Camino Frances (September 2017). We packed ultralight bags for all of our journeys.
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Filmed on August 21-25, 2023.
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  • @helenwallis5914
    @helenwallis59146 ай бұрын

    So great again. I get more excited each time I watch your videos.

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @RaeInTime
    @RaeInTime6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing even the difficult days 👍☺️

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @rupertgale537
    @rupertgale5376 ай бұрын

    your videos cheer me up in this English rain...

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @CruisinwiththeColemans
    @CruisinwiththeColemans6 ай бұрын

    That heat is too much!🥵 I love those sunflower field days! You are so right about getting out of the villages and away from the pavement. We always book rooms with A/C on rest days, they are so needed! Those clouds made us so happy for you guys! We love those random fruit stands! 🥳 Happy trails!! - Michelle & Brian

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Yeah, that heat was awful. But at least it was an excuse to get up for those beautiful mornings! Sunflower sunrises were such a highlight. 🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻

  • @danielle3988
    @danielle39886 ай бұрын

    So enjoying your videos. Via Podiensis to Santiago is my plan for 2026. Your videos are helping me plan stages and consider different gîtes. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. You guys are so lovely to spend time with, Danielle from Canada

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for spending time with us! Bon Chemin!

  • @user-rj7xy1wf2d
    @user-rj7xy1wf2d2 ай бұрын

    Boy I hope I find fun people like you along the way in April!!

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    2 ай бұрын

    You will! There are so many great people on the Camino/Chemin.

  • @cmcjvcltcbmc
    @cmcjvcltcbmc6 ай бұрын

    That was a fun video! Love Laineys reaction to adding "tomate a su sandwich". Huuaa!

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Hahaha. Glad you enjoyed it! According to me (Lainey), all sandwiches are better with tomato. Shawn disagrees. 😄

  • @rossnairn6488
    @rossnairn64886 ай бұрын

    Hi and thanks for all the vids. I was looking for another camino to do next year and I think I may have found it. We (my wife and I ) will hopefully be in the Podiensis next Sep/Oct and looking forward to it already and I hope it will be cooler then with less mozzies !

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    That sounds great! Be prepared for a touch of rain, but I bet it's a beautiful time to walk. Let us know how it goes. Bon Chemin!

  • @helenwallis5914

    @helenwallis5914

    6 ай бұрын

    We are thinking that time if the year as well. Heat would be to much

  • @musingwithreba9667
    @musingwithreba96676 ай бұрын

    OMG you 2 are so much fun and funny! I needed a laugh today, thank you 😂

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! Glad we made you laugh.

  • @wowzieee
    @wowzieee6 ай бұрын

    I think this yellow makers are for bikes. In Lauzerte we stay at Gite chez Serge and the man made for dinner, home made soup, vegetables, roast pork and homemade apple pie. It was our favourite stop and the one we mostly talk about.

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Yellow for bikes makes sense. We also found out later that the reroute was pretty new, only a few weeks old. Saw it on Gronze but of course we saw it that evening. What a great memory in Lauzerte! Everywhere in that town feels so welcoming and caring to pilgrims.

  • @michael_galicia
    @michael_galicia6 ай бұрын

    Lauzerte = Fun Times 😂 🥵🥵🥵

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Haha! Indeed!

  • @wesleyc1029
    @wesleyc10296 ай бұрын

    I love your happy go lucky attitude, even through wrong turns and pretty unbearable heat. Makes it much more enjoyable to vicariously share the journey. I see Lainey has her right knee wrapped up. Injury or a little discomfort from many miles? What were the actual dates for this adventure?

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much. This video is from August 21-25. We walked the route from August 7-September 3rd. The knee brace is just preventative from an old injury. It did great with the brace and some arnica gel.

  • @scotbotvideos
    @scotbotvideos6 ай бұрын

    You weren't lost. You were just inadvertently detoured.

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 we may steal that line from now on.

  • @laeggerichs1
    @laeggerichs16 ай бұрын

    I wish the video were able to convey how DRENCHED with sweat we all were...we looked like we had all jumped into a lake! 😆🥵😰😭🤣

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t believe we survived it.

  • @andyalam5074
    @andyalam50746 ай бұрын

    This route seems to be full of snakes 🐍

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    And there's more to come! In August, especially the heatwave, they were active. Our friends didn't see as many as we did.

  • @andyalam5074

    @andyalam5074

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DaysWeSpend How to plan for this? What if you get bit? What to do?

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    The larger snakes aren’t poisonous. They’re really easy to see. We just waited until they got off the path or walked as far away as we could. There are small vipers that are slightly venomous, but we only saw one of those the whole time. Keep your eyes peeled. And if you do get bit (unlikely according to the French hikers we met), you are never that far away from a road, a taxi, and then a doctor.

  • @andyalam5074

    @andyalam5074

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DaysWeSpendyou sure know how to scare the hell out of me 😂 the funny thing is in Asia I grew up in a house full of cobras 🐍; but we never bonded 🥃. I’ll do some extensive research before I hit this trail. 🫡

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    @@andyalam5074 COBRAS! Eeek. You'll be fine in France. :)

  • @BillySBC
    @BillySBC6 ай бұрын

    I was thinking there was going to be some videos of Spanish girls on the beach in bikini's but I guess that's not important... Wait a second dammit, IT IS IMPORTANT, where's the Spanish bikini girl videos dammit?

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    Ha. Sorry to disappoint. 😝

  • @BillySBC

    @BillySBC

    6 ай бұрын

    @@DaysWeSpend Disappointed? Hell no I'm not disappointed. Shawn get over here and put this bikini on... I know I know but it'll have to do until we find some Spanish girls...

  • @DaysWeSpend

    @DaysWeSpend

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣@@BillySBC