Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: scallop

The very last signpost, before I reached Portiers. Just below the the "Coquille St. Jacques" an unknown person, named "Theo", had left the note "Je ne suis pas un être mais une existence".

Having passed a golf course, the Roman road I was on, crossed the D82. The center of Saint-Cyr is to the right, but I continue straight ahead. The "Coquille St. Jacques" tells me, that I am on the right way.

Châtellerault has been a halt for the pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela from the very beginning - and of course they all of them stopped at this church to pray. The construction of the church started in 1008 on the ruins of the chapel of an even older Saint-Jacques priory. In the heydays of the pilgrimage numerous hospices, inns and "auberges", all centered around this church, offered their services. This large, wooden statue of Saint Jacques is placed on a side aisle of the church. When it was carved within the 17th century, these heydays were already long ago.

Crossing the Creuse, I left the region "Centre-Val de Loire" and entered "Poitou-Charentes". According to my map the village was named "Port-de-Piles", but the creator of this large board had shortened the name to "Port-de-Pile".

Here the Via Turonensis leaves Sorigny and turns left. Somebody created this very encouraging decoration for the "pelerins".