A Struggle for day 3

You will complete a very picturesque day as you cross the Margeride Plateau. With vast grassy plains and moors of broom and heather this part of the trail is relatively easy going. Amongst the most interesting sights are St Roch Chapel or L’Hospitalet du Dauvage Chapel.  The theory.

 

Feeling like this is all a bit much? Getting a bit bored with one foot after the other? How slowly the scenery changes when you are crossing it at 3 kms per hour.

After the climbing of yesterday, today promised to be relatively flat. But over 6 kms longer which for us makes the difference between finishing at a useful 4 pm or later at 5.15 pm. It was a good day with the terrain easy and taking us through fields, forests and villages. Just a little long.

 

Yvonne and Randall had quite different views on the cows around here.  Lovely animals or lovely steaks?

 

 

So now we are tucked up in our gite d'etape at Les Faux feeling quite tired. We also had sun all day today and at nearly10pm it is still light outside. In other words we feel quite buggered.

There was moment of panic today when Yvonne had finished her water as we were expecting a water tap in the next hameau which we could not find. However all was saved when we found a well at a little recreation park, 300 metres down the road. The best water Yvonne has tasted.

There seemed to be heaps of people on the walk today. There was almost no part of the day when we could not see other pelerins. We all exchange pleasantries but it will be a while before we can exchange the minutia covering every topic going that only the French can conceive. And the subject never seems to leave food and drink for very long as we discuss the country, the very healthy looking cattle about us, the plants, trees and the insects.

The French ladies young and old are all ready for a chat with the foreign man I am travelling with as his good French language continues to impress them.

We have enjoyed another good walk of 26 kms and have earned a good rest.

Until the next time.