Lightfoot Guide to the Via Francigena - Besancon to Vercelli - Softcover

Babette Gallard,Paul Chinn

9782917183267: Lightfoot Guide to the Via Francigena - Besancon to Vercelli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2917183268 ISBN 13: 9782917183267

Publisher: Eurl Pilgrimage Pub, 1709

LightFoot Guides are written for Walkers, Cyclists and Horse Riders, providing specific information for each group and enabling everyone to meet their personal goals. The complete, Edition 6, LightFoot Guide to the Via Francigena consists of four books: Canterbury to Besan�on, Besan�on to Vercelli, Vercelli to Rome and the Companion to the via Francigena discribing the culture and history of key sites along the route. This book traces 435 kilometres of the Via Francigena from from Besan�on in France to Vercelli where the the via Francigena and the St James Way meet in northern Italy. The route closely follows the 10th century route used by Archbishop Sigeric the Serious, but adapted to current conditions. The guide contains a number of alternatives to reduce total distance, avoid possible difficulties or to gain access to specific loactions. The entire distance has been GPS traced and divided into manageable sections of approximately 22 kilometres, but accommodation is listed for the entire length of each section.

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A not-for-profit organisation, Pilgrimage Publications is dedicated to the identification and mapping of less well known and documented pilgrim routes, regardless of religion or belief. Any revenue derived from the sale of guides or related activities is used to further enhance the service and support provided to pilgrims.The ethos of Pilgrimage Publications is based on 4 very basic aims:To enable walkers, cyclists and riders to follow less well known and documented pilgrim routesTo ensure LightFoot guides are as current and as accurate as possible, using pilgrim feedback as a major source of information.To use eco-friendly materials and methods for the publication of LightFoot Guides and Travel Books.To promote eco-friendly travel.About UsWe are two very ordinary people who have elected to quit the world of business and begin to live out our dreams as pilgrim riders. We hope that this site will:Keep and extend the contacts we have madeHelp others to undertake similar adventuresEncourage maintenance of the pathways that make our journeys possiblePilgrim and Pilgrimages?We have no formal religious beliefs, but we share a wanderlust and a need to know about and contribute to the world we occupy.Riders?We have chosen to make our adventures on horse-back through a confusion of personal history, accident and romance, but are happy that we did. Horses, like small children, create an instant rapport with people from many cultures and act as not only our means of transport, but also a key to the relationships that emerge on the road.We have completed four pilgrimages so far:2005, The St James Way, Le Puy en Vallee, France, to Santiago de Compostela, Spain - on horseback2006, The Via Francigena, Canterbury, UK, to Rome? Italy - on horseback2007, The Via Francigena, Canterbury, UK, to Rome? Italy - by bike - tracking the route with GPS and gathering data for our guidebooks. Blog2008, The Three Saints Way - Winchester, UK, to St Jean d'Angeley, France - by bike

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