A short day todayOne final early morning photo to start the last leg of our 260km “walk” from Canterbury to Arras. We are just leaving the Chambre where we stayed last nightThe first marker to get us going is just at the end of the street. It appears that one of the Camino de Santiago routes joined the Via Francigena a few days ago. We noticed the blue and yellow scallop shell symbols at least 2 days ago.The path aheadAnother small shrine beside the channel/stream from a fish hatchery, keeping the little trout safe?Another old mill converted into someone’s houseOn the outskirts of town some beautifully restored buildings. This one seemed particularly “happy” and reminded me of a tin of French Chocolates that we bought on our last trip to France. Ok! Now we’re clearly on the right path. Bronze markers for the via Francigena embedded in the concrete sidewalk leading us to the city centre The streets start to narrow as we get closer to the centre of the old cityThe main city square with very distinctive Flemish architectureo. The buildings surrounding it; Cafes, restaurants, and all sorts of shops all around itThe narrow lane leading up to our apartment, “second door on the left”An interesting “curiosity” just around the corner. According to Google Maps, this was the main entrance to the underground tunnels used by the New Zealand army during the battle of Arras during WW1. Now bricked over and sealed with a steel door. We check in to the apartment, drop our packs, and went looking for the nearest big grocery store. Yeah! Apparently Champagne, REAL champagne from champagne, is a grocery staple here.Back at he apartment with “groceries” in hand to celebrate the end of another chapter of the continuing adventures, “Walking In Europe, Episode 2025”The “empreintes” from our pilgrim’s passportThe stamps for the last 2 days with the Arras Tourist office, the last one for this trip, on the right.
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