Arrived at Cahors at 9am. Bought a sandwich and water and 15 mn later I was on my way. Tough uphill to start with. A stairway actually, with huges stairs. Then no surprises. Cloudy and moderate temperature in the morning, then sunny and warm. Very warm. There was water in… Continue reading
Snoring concerto last night. And those who shared room with me had closed the window. Bad air 🙁 Away by eight. Sun from start. No forests to talk about here, but a lot of shade along the way anyway. Luckyly, it was hot. Water in two places like yesterday. In… Continue reading
Started 10 in six with Odile. Wonderful morning. We walked mostly in the shade and when we walked in the sun the wind was cool. We arrived before it got too hot. Once there, Odile and I had a beer. Two others pilgrims joined us. It had gotten så hot… Continue reading
Started at a quarter past 7. Nice weather. Walked along the canal for a long time. Shady but unfortunately asphalt. Jacques caught up with me. In Auvillar we met Hala who had gone with Jacques earlier. We bought a sandwich, beer and strawberries and sat down at the viewing terrace… Continue reading
Started at a quarter past 6. They said it would be hot and almost thirty kilometers. It went pretty well. It was quite windy, otherwise it was shady. Arrived in Lectoure before 1pm. I managed to take a siesta too. Then it got really, really hot, 33 degrees I heard…. Continue reading
Started at a quarter past 7 am. The sun was already hot. Catched up a guy from Strasbourg and walked with him for a while. Then I stopped as I thought I had missed the way to La Romieu. It turned out that I had looked at the wrong map… Continue reading
Today it was just walking, nothing special. Long stage, 32 km. It was raining before I got up. Off at half past eight. Cloudy. It went pretty well to walk. Caught up with Bertrand. Walked with him for an hour or so. Stopped and had a sandwich in Montreal. Bertrand,… Continue reading
Woke up to an alarm clock ringing. Got up, ate a pain au chocolat, drank a coffee and went to bed for a while again. Started walking a quarter past 8. It rained a little. A little muddy. Catched up with Marie-Paule. She had started at 6 from La casa… Continue reading
Started to walk at 7 am with Bertrand. I walked soon away from him. The sun disappeared and I entered a light fog. No difficult ascents, I walked fast. After a while I entered a nice forest and didn’t stop until soon after 10 am in a small village where… Continue reading
Woke up in the middle of the night from an inflammation in my right foot. Same as two years ago. Difficult to fall back asleep. Off at 7. My foot hurt a bit. I walked quite slowly, I felt tired. Stopped in a village and bought a sandwich. I was… Continue reading