The Lot has the lot - walk day 7

 

Randall's luck or more likely great planning has worked out again. After a wet day of rest in St Chely d'Aubrac yesterday, we arose to an emerging blue sky for the seventh walk day. Perfect.

 

And perfect is how the day went, all 25 kms of it. Yvonne did not much like a couple of the downhill efforts over rocky ground and it was perhaps a couple of kms longer than she wanted but it was a good walk today. Perhaps it is better for her not to have a rest day!

 

Only a couple of general comments to note.

 

We stoppped for lunch just 3kms out of St Compte D'Olt (unes des plus beaux villages-but over rated in our view) and about 17 kms of walking at a hill top place where madame offerred lunch, drinks, repos etc. All fine but she never stopped talking to a french couple a table or two away for the whole half hour we were there. Would have been great just to sit back and enjoy the view, but it did not work out that way.

Whilst still in the Averyon region we are now heading beside the Lot river. And this will continue for the next 2 days. One of Randall's favourite rivers and he feels that he is home again here.

 

 

Looking forward to another good day tomorrow. Just 13 kms planned along the river to Estaing.

And tonight, all over France, it is the annual festival of music where quite a bit of street music entertainment is put on for the public. Not that great as our Sarah would verify and much over-rated. Most of the music we have ever heard at these events belongs at the footy over half time or boring moments of matches. But at least they try something to add to community spirit.