Aroue to Ostabat – 28 kms Today it rained. Hard! A couple we had been following for days were still having breakfast when we left the gite this morning. We were all rugged up in …
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Day 36 – The Stingy Nettle
Maslacq to Navarrenx – 21 kms Another day, another walk. The Pyrenees are getting closer but we still haven’t decided whether we will climb them yet or not. Today we reunited with my sisters and …
Continue readingDay 35 – Five Weeks Baby!
Uzan to Maslacq -24 kms Yep we’ve been walking for 5 weeks now and it sure feels like it. When we left out gite this morning, thunder clapped all around us as if celebrating that …
Continue readingDay 34 – Click Clack
Pimbo to Uzan – 24 kms A hilly walk today despite the book saying it was flat. I took the gel insert out of my shoe today and foot seemed much happier. Mike’s sticks were …
Continue readingDay 32 – Rest day Aire sur L’adour
Today we had a much needed rest day. We had a sleep in and late breakfast then wandered around the markets. I bought some cortisol cream for my bite, then sat and had coffee, followed …
Continue readingDay 31 – Buggered
Nogaro to Aire sur l’adour – 28km Another long day today, but there wasn’t much choice of places to stay in a shorter distance. It was a nice walk for most of the day, through …
Continue readingDay 30 – Swimming in Sweat
lamothe to Nogaro – 28 kms Wow, we’ve been walking over four weeks now. Today we planned a short walk of only 18 kms, but then we found out breakfast was at 6.15 non negotiable. …
Continue readingDay 29 – Taking it Easy
Larrasingle to Lamonthe – 20kms Today was an easy mostly flat walk. We stopped at Montreal for an hour and drank coffee with sister Susan, then continued on and still made it to our gite …
Continue readingDay 28 – Up Down Girl
La Romieu to Larrasingle – 21kms I’ve been living in an up down world. Yep, the tracks have been going up, then down, the back up again, all day long. Today was a real drag …
Continue readingDay 27 – I’m Sick of These Frikken Mud Paths
Castet arruoy to La Romieu – 30km Yep. That was the phrase for most of the day. The rain last night caused us grief on the path today. At one stage I’d gotten a boot …
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