I walked 315 km around Nanteuil le Haudouin.
I visited (in no particular order):
- Silly-le-Long
- Sennevières
- Crépy-en-Valois
- Ognes
- Chèvreville
- Lagny-le-Sec
- Le Plessis-l’Évêque
- Ermenonville
- Senlis
- Péroy-les-Gombries
- Boissy-Fresnoy
- Villers Saint Genest
- Bouillancy
- Le Bas Bouillancy
- Acy-en-Multien
- Brégy
- Puisieux
- Étrépilly
- Vincy-Manoeuvre
- Duvy
- Auger Saint Vincent
- Droizelles
- Lessart
- Montlognon
- Montagny-Sainte-Félicité
- Le Plessis-Belleville
- Réez
- Rouville
- Ormoy-Villers
- Gueux
Number of Départements I visited – 2
Number of people who asked me if I was lost or needed help – 4
Number of blisters – 2
Number of times I crossed the TGV line between Paris and Lille/Brussels/London – 3
Number of times I passed through Droizelles – 5
Number of songs I learnt – 1
Number of different little mantras I said to myself as I walked along – 5
Number of pairs of socks worn out – 1
Number of rolls of micropore used – about 3
Number of unrecognisable crops seen – 5
Number of churches photographed – 20
Number of pots of tiger balm finished – 1
Number of hares seen – at least 6 (including one that was providing a meal to a hawk)
Number of foxes seen – 2
Number of deer seen – 1
Number of different sorts of butterflies seen – 6 (I think)
Number of donkeys seen – 2
Number of calvaries photographed – 16
Number of scary unpleasant roads walked down – 2
Number of prayers offered to Saint Raphael Archangel – at least 99 (11 per day for 9 days plus one or two extra)
Number of people who walked with me – 2 physically for short stretches, but many more virtually…
Number of companions of differing sorts – innumerable!
Number of discoveries – uncountable
Amount of gratitude – unmeasurable