Season 2025
Season 2025
The Via Francigena, The Road to Rome
Stage 1; Canterbury to Arras
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The Via Francigena 2025
This is the daily journal of our 2025 walk on the first part of the 9th century trail from Canterbury UK to Rome Italy. This year we will…
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Canterbury UK
September 13 – 15 Yesterday we spent the full day exploring Canterbury. We both slept in late this morning, although I did wake up once at 03:40. I…
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Tuesday, Sept 16
Starting Out Our first day of hiking The North Downs Way Day 1, Canterbury to Shepardswell
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Wednesday, Sept 17
Day 2, Lydden to Dover It’s cold, and windy, and raining this morning and we’re just about to go for breakfast. More later… Later that day… Well it’s…
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Thursday, Sept 18
Day 3, Dover to Calais to Sangatte A complicated way to get on the ferry but totally understandable after seeing all the trucks that came off and lined…
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Fri Sept 19
Day 4, Sangatte to Wissant Went to the pub just around the corner for a morning coffee after leaving our apartment accommodation, the pub owner said he does…
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Saturday Sept 20, 2025
Day 5, Wissant to Guines We left the hotel early, there was no coffee maker in the room, there wasn’t really much of anything worth mentioning about “The…
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Sun Sept. 21, 2025
Day 6; Guines to Audenfort Standing in front of a mound of turnips. Did mention that I slipped in the bathtub last night? Trying to get out and…
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Monday, Sept 22
Day 7; Audenfort to Tournhem Made it to the half way point, (mostly) Officially: 110.5 km, according to the guide book, or 103.15 km according to my watch…
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Tuesday Sept 23, 2025
Day 8; Tournehem to Wisque Today is a day to remember, 23 km! I may have mentioned in one of the earlier posts about there being 65,000 km…
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