The Solitary Walker

It's a steep climb out of Conques the next day. Half-way up the side of the valley you reach the tiny Chapelle Sainte-Foy. I suspect th...

Conques is a wonderfully preserved medieval town — well, it's not much larger than a village really. It's a kind of architectural f...

On the 9th day of my journey we arrived at Conques (see 1st photo). Really I wanted to stay with the monks in the abbey of Sainte-...