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...
View ArticleEinigen – 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...
View ArticleSchwarzenburg – 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...
View ArticleFroidville 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...
View ArticleCurtilles – 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...
View ArticleEcublens – 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...
View ArticleGland – 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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