VIA FRANCIGENA | Day 12
Laon to Cormicy, 38.8 km
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Had the best night sleep, a hearty breakfast and I was out the door by 7:30 on a cloudy, cold, Sunday morning. A few businesses were open, including a vending machine with local produce. I helped myself to the freshest apple I've had in my life at Cheret.
I picked a red flower and stumbled into the first working water fountain on the trip. It was a good day, but it was also one of those days... I got a little rained on but nothing serious.
More war memorials.
I took a shortcut through a field before reaching Buconville. I made myself a sandwich and air-dried my clothes at the park. An old-timer invited me for a beer when everything took a turn for the worst… again!
I realized too late I’d booked the hotel in a town 110 km away and now I had no place to stay. Town after town it was more of the same — close business and hotels.
With no place to stay, I camped at a vineyard in a town 39 km from Laon.
Beauty shots compilation
Daily Cost Breakdown
€60.30 Botched Hotel
Food from supermarket supplies
Wild Camping
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€60.30 Total
Today's stage broken down with the help of Google Earth.
Accommodations:
Laon
Hotel des Artes
11 Place des Droits de l' Homme
Hôtel De La Banniere De France
+33 3 23 23 21 44
11 Rue Franklin Roosevelt
hoteldelabannieredefrance.com
Robert Jean-Luc Jacques
+33 3 23 24 70 45
1 Rue Porte de Reims 02860 Bruyères-et-Montbérault
Bouconville
L' Auberge de Vauclair
+33 3 23 22 99 68
26 Gr Grande Rue 02860 Bouconville-Vauclair
auberge-de-vauclair.fr
Château de la Bové
02860 Bouconville-Vauclair
France