{"id":368,"date":"2018-06-23T20:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T19:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=368"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:28:59","slug":"day-16-corbeny-to-reims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Day 15 Corbeny to Reims – 15th June"},"content":{"rendered":"

Distance: 39.1 km \u2013 Elevation +220 m -220 m<\/strong><\/p>\n

Weather: <\/strong>Sunny. Temperature: High 24 degrees<\/p>\n

I had slept well and after a good breakfast I set out with the idea of reaching Reims by the end of the day. It was around 35 kilometres, despite the long walk yesterday I was feeling good.<\/p>\n

I was in no hurry, I wanted to enjoy the day, knowing that I was approaching the Champagne region.<\/p>\n

It was a beautiful day and the road as I left Corbeny was quiet and colourful<\/p>\n

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I passed this wee elderly pony who came to greet me<\/p>\n

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It was around 11 am as I approached Berry-au-Bac<\/p>\n

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I found a restaurant open. I went in and asked for a coffee and cold water. I was welcomed and served by a young man with a beaming smile. I sat and relaxed in a comfy leather armchair and when I was rested, I went to pay and the young man said, with another beaming smile – 1 euro please!<\/p>\n

Further on just before crossing the river Ainse I came across a boulan\u0123erie where I bought my lunch for the day – a freshly made baguette filled with ham and cheese, which I ate an hour later relaxing in a field of wildflowers watching the butterflies and bees<\/p>\n

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Just after leaving Berry-au-Bac, I came across a rare Via Francigena sign<\/p>\n

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Shorty after which a car drew up beside me and a woman in perfect English asked me if I was a pilgrim. We talked for a while and she said how much meeting pilgrims walking to Rome meant to her spiritually.<\/p>\n

I wandered on past vast wheat fields and huge grain storage facilities and then in Hermonville, I saw my first champagne sign. A little later the first vineyard<\/p>\n

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It was now around 3 pm and still a long way to reach Reims. The countryside and tracks followed continued to be a delight<\/p>\n

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I met a group of hikers going the other who were very inquisitive and interested in the pilgrimage I was walking.<\/p>\n

It was around 4 pm when I came to the crest of the path I was following, and there was my first sight of Reims<\/p>\n

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It was a wonderful sight with the vineyards immediately below and Reims in the distance. I still had 10 kilometres to walk as the path took me through the vineyards<\/p>\n

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and where I saw my first champagne grapes in their very early form of growth<\/p>\n

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10 kilometres equates to 2.5 hours for me, so it was around 6.45 pm when my weary legs reached my room for the night. Soon to be rejuvenated with a cold beer and the thought that I had a rest day ahead tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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Distance: 39.1 km \u2013 Elevation +220 m -220 m Weather: Sunny. Temperature: High 24 degrees I had slept well and after a good breakfast I set out with the idea of reaching Reims by the end of the day. It was around 35 kilometres, despite the long walk yesterday I was feeling good. I was in no hurry, I wanted to enjoy the day, knowing that I was approaching the Champagne region. It was a beautiful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=368"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5013,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368\/revisions\/5013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pilgrimsway.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}