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Walking with my pilgrim wife

Sybille taking a photograph alongside the Thunersee © Ricky Yates My sincere apologies that it is exactly one month since I last posted anything here on my blog. Long-standing followers will know that...

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Einigen – Schwarzenburg

My pilgrim wife observing the local livestock © Ricky Yates After a night punctuated by further thunder, lightning and rain, we awoke to grey skies the next morning and heard the pitter-patter of rain...

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Schwarzenburg – Fribourg – Froidville bei Posieux

Signposting the Jakobsweg © Ricky Yates Once more there was thunder, lightning and rain as we stayed overnight in Schwarzenburg. And unfortunately, unlike the two previous nights, it didn’t stop as...

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Froidville bei Posieux – Curtilles

The French is slightly longer than the German ‘Wanderweg’ © Ricky Yates When we left the ‘House of Angels’ at Froidville bei Posieux on the morning of Wednesday 13th August, the sky was cloudy and...

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Curtilles – Lausanne – Ecublens

Moudon Church © Ricky Yates         After a splendid breakfast provided by Frau Luder at her home near Curtilles, we set out on a grey, but at that point dry, morning, to walk five kilometres along the...

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Ecublens – Gland

The tower of St-Sulpice Church with Lac Léman beyond © Ricky Yates       After a good night’s sleep and an excellent breakfast, we bid farewell to the Jordan family and walked the 1.5km back from...

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Gland – Geneva

Prangins Church © Ricky Yates     My final two days of walking through Switzerland, accompanying Sybille on her pilgrimage from Prague to Santiago de Compostela, took us through a series of towns and...

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