The Cathar Way
Long before we left home for France, Dianne had made it abundantly clear that she wanted to do an extended walk to finish our trip. After much negotiation we settled on walking the last half of "Le Sentier Cathare", which is a 250 kilometre grande randonnée from La Porte Nouvelle on the Mediterranean Sea to Foix in the foothills of the Pyrenees and the capital of the Ariège department. I was more interested in this particular walk than was Dianne, mostly because of the historical connection to the Cathar faith, a Christian movement that rejected much of the trappings of the Catholic Church.
Our friend Michel was keen to join us and so we set off from Toulouse by train and then bus to get to the start of our walk in Quillan, on the river Aude.
Rather than doing a step by step description of our trek, I decided I'd like to do a video of the whole journey with maps and the occasional comment. (I actually think this video has the best production values of any I've produced to this date - which maybe doesn't say much! 😉)
So, without further ado, here's the video, and thanks for following our adventures in France (I strongly recommend that you click on the YouTube link for maximum value):
Brilliant Doug. It’s even good nust viewed on my phone.
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