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Distance: 13.8 km – Elevation +150 m -1380 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 10/27 degrees The dormitory was warm and comfortable and surprisingly quiet considering all the beds were in use, so I slept really well. I took a short stroll outside in the cold morning air before breakfast which was again at the long tables in the dining room. We were joined at breakfast by Ann who we met yesterday. She had found a walking

Distance: 24.2 km – Elevation +310 m -1010 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees It was a very enjoyable stay in the Ostello. Also staying there was Ann and her new friend Celine, and an Italian cyclist. We all enjoyed a very convivial pilgrim’s supper with both wine and conversation flowing. Having said our goodbyes to Ann and Celine, and wished the cyclist bon voyage we set out from Etroubles just after 8.00 am. It

Distance: 26.3 km – Elevation +500 m -460 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 26 degrees In finding accommodation last night we had to leave the Via Francigena. So this morning before we left Quart just before 7.00 am I had used Google maps to set a route to Nus where we could join the Via Francigena again. Jean Pierre was a little anxious about Google maps and I don’t think he was settled until we reached

Distance: 26.1 km – Elevation +280 m -580 m Weather: Cloudy. Temperature: High 20 degrees Thunderstorms during the night had helped to clear the humid conditions of yesterday. So it was cooler as we set out after a good breakfast at 7.30 am for our day’s walk.  First passing through Montjovet and then steep up and down paths to reach Reclou before the descent into Verres. Where we crossed over the Torrente Evancon and then briefly

Distance: 20.3 km – Elevation +330 m -400 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 24 degrees We had a shortish day ahead so enjoyed a leisurely breakfast before leaving the hotel at 7.30 am. We were now in Piedmont and the landscape was becoming more gentle, we were leaving the mountains behind. As we climbed out of Pont St. Martin I took a last look along the Aosta Valley. Soon we reached Carema with its votive chapel,