Chemin de Paris - Camino by Chance

How to train for the Camino?

A common question people ask me when planning their own pilgrimage is: "What did you do to train for the Camino?" My knee jerk reaction has always been something blasé or profound, like... "You won't be ready for the camino until you finish the Camino." Which is a huge cop out, and highly inaccurate... and not just because most of us are completely physically broken by the time we reach Santiago de Compostella and won't be walking anywhere. Prior to my camino, I walked every chance I got, but not nearly enough. Living in London at the time, I walked...

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Chemin de Paris Guidebook

Finding a guidebook with maps of the Chemin de Paris route seemed an impossible task. I scoured the internet for maps and books with very little success. Like I mentioned in my previous post, unlike the Le Puy Way, there is very little pilgrim infrastructure on this less travelled route through France. Likewise, there is very little information on the Chemin de Paris, other than a blog post or two with basic descriptions here and there. It was time to wrangle help from the masses, so I reached out in one of the many Camino de Santiago Facebook groups. Here,...

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Bonjour fellow pilgrims!

And here it begins, my journey on the Chemin de Paris (via Orléans). In 2013, by chance, I stumbled across the Camino de Santiago. Just over a year later I was stumbling into Santiago de Compostella after walking the 775km from St Jean Pied du Port. If you've been on pilgrimage, you will know it is only just the beginning, the growth and change continues every single day. Some call it an obsession, I like to think of it more as a way of life, one that you will never let go of. That brings us to today, almost 7...