Via Podiensis Day 10 - Espeyrac to Conques


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Via Podiensis

Day 10 Espeyrac to Conques

25th April 2015

Distance Time Elevation in meters

Km Elapsed
Hrs-Mins Moving
Hrs-Mins Gain Loss Min Max

12.66 3H11 2H54 328 397 296 625

The Michelin guide may tell you that it is 5 hrs and 16.5 km to Conques, but in practice I got here much quicker, and my GPs told me 3 hrs 10 mins and 12.66 km. It came as a surprise when I first say the sign "Conques" and I could not believe that I had got there so quick!

Looking back at Espeyrac. The Hotel is in the foreground

Sénergues

Arriving at Conques

The Tourist Office

The tympanum

Christ in Majesty.

The Cross of Christ

The Procession of the Chosen Ones

Mary and Peter

The Heavenly Jerusalem with Abraham at the center

No Man's Land; There are two doors; once is graceful and ornate, and curved with two keyholes for the lock. The other is angular, with heavy metal supports and no keyholes. The chosen ones are being led by the hand to heaven's door and received by angels. In front of the door to hell, diabolic monsters strike the dammed and cast them into the open jaws of Leviathan. Under the nose of the monster wielding a bludgeon, a human being seems to be emerging from a central pillar, caught just in time by the angel of mercy.