A relatively slack days walking of only 22km. Met some other pilgrims today including some French people who are heading to Australia later this month to visit their daughter in Canberra. At one stage I had a guy with a rifle heading towards me and then several cars and vans with drivers wearing hiviz vests and dogs barking. Sunday apparently is the day to go hunting as I saw later on via some signs. I came across a pheasant and then some ducks which I quickly se...

My host drove me back to Montesquiou after breakfast so I began today's trek from there. The walking maps lead a bit to be desired at times and when the signs disappeared and the notes didn't make much sense I decided to head to Marciac on the main road for the final 7km. It was beginning to get warm and Tarmac is not the best surface on which to walk so a couple of beers on arrival were in order. Marciac is a nice little town with a huge square. Several restaura...

31km walk. However no accommodation in Montesquiou so staying in Marciac for 2 nights. A lot of hills today. I don't pass through many towns or villages on this trek, and therefore few place to buy food and drink. So when I got to a village called Barran I made the most of a supermarket. Water, cakes, fruit, chocolate and even an ice cream. They sustained memo the final push in to Montesquiou. I was hoping a bar would be open when I got here but everything was cl...

An uneventful day. A little cooler. So far managed to keep myself fit and healthy with no broken bones this year. However, I did manage to do my usual trick of walking out of the hotel this morning with the room key. I only realised about 5 km out so I wasn't going to walk back with it. Checked in to the hotel Auch which is a nice place but on top of a bloody big hill. Had dinner in the hotel which was superb. It included duck, for the second night in arrow but t...

25km walk. A beautiful breakfast to start the day but later start than I had planned as Elynis wanted to show me many pictures of her place as it used to be. 35 degrees today so hence I wanted an early start. Anyway, no dramas today. At one stage I saw a family car coming the other way down the track. The driver stopped and asked if I was walking the Chemin St Jacques de Compostella. I told him that I was so he got out and shook my hand and told me of a short cut...