We stayed in a second class place in the middle of nowhere last night; one class in hotel accommodation and the other class in a 19 bed dormitary-Gite D'Etape. But we all ate the same 4 course set meal: vegetable soup, beef and pasta, cheese selection (Auvergne) and prune pudding. Madame turned her nose up for courses 2 and 4. But we ate it all and slept well. Madame was not a happy breakfast eater either. Yesterday's baguette toasted is not good!
But we had a great day with a straightforward walk and we found our new home about 2:30 ie 6 hours including lunch stop.
Again there were plenty of
other walkers around all day. Yvonne was keen to observe that 'nice
Swiss man' is now teamed up with 'nice Spanish girl'. In the morning
as we left St Albans, the Swiss was on his own but from lunch things
were different.
Yvonne can now proudly announce that she has passed 5 pelerins so far and although one foot is playing up needing tlc, she had a better day today. Yvonne has walked 97 kms so far, including pit stops and a few sight seeing deviations. We also passed a pelerin and his donkey today.
There was a strong and
growing wind today-as happens in France at this time of the year when
the temperature climbs, the wind gets up and the big storms arrive.
According to the News reports, 19 Departments are on storm alert.
The bad weather; rain, hail wind are a little to the West of us, so
far.
So having taken our wet
weather gear out of our packs to lighten the load, they will be back
in packs tomorrow as we hope for the best.
And a last call from Randall. Fete de Papa in France has passed without any calls from abroad. Out of sight and out of mind?
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