{"id":19746,"date":"2026-01-27T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=19746"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:53:06","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-the-view-into-the-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-the-view-into-the-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: the View into the Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

T<\/span>he Way climbed high above the river. From the vantage point near the top, I could see farms and gardens spreading out from the banks, so it appears this rough route was designed to avoid the farmers’ property. I was already dripping with sweat, and the forest was warm and humid.\u00a0It was only when I came to a bit of a clearing that I realized that my path was at the same altitude as the tops of the cliffs that I had seen yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date: <\/strong>04 September 2023
Place:<\/strong> between Vers and Cahors, Lot D\u00e9partement, Region of Occitanie, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maps!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site I’ve been using for my daily maps, Gronze.com<\/a>, while otherwise great, unfortunately doesn’t have maps for this variant. So here’s a map from my book Practical Pilgrimage<\/em><\/a> showing the entirety of the three main variants and larger sub-variants. I walked the GR6 from Figeac to Rocamadour and the GR46 on to Cahors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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