Very hard slog today. Stayed in this place last night.
Quaint but full of mosquitos. Eaten alive. It also rained all night. Hard. The pitter patter on the roof lulled me to sleep. It was very comforting. The couple who ran the place referred to themselves as children of the earth. Apparently a magnetic field of positive energy ran through the place but about one foot off the ground. Reassuring but the mosquitos were still there. They were letting the place go for shyte but they did not care. Opposites attract I guess. So the magnetic story goes. Reminded me of the 60s.
Got underway early and it was not raining. We have had 4 days straight with rain. Brutal as everything is damp. But soldier on or sail on as we say. Landscape is changing. Flattening out. That is not to say the hills have gone away. They are not as steep but long and hard. But I can do them as my legs are as hard as stone. It is my cardio that is a problem.
The French are very religious and proud of their history. They lost over a million young men during WW 1. Compare that to Canada where just over 60,000 were killed or missing. In France a whole generation was lost. Women lost a chance of marriage.
They have some weird names for towns here. Today I crossed a town called Montcoq. It is pronounced Mont-cock. I kid you not. We will be coming to another town in a few days that you will not believe the name of. I will not give it away. It will become obvious though. Have a nice day.
Always a good read!
Thanks John and have a safe and happy journey.
I’m glad it’s flattening out for you, hopefully the rain will stay away. Stay safe
Luv ya Dottie 💕
Still lots of hills but they are undulating hill. Yeah buy they are still hills that have to be climbed.
Your going well bai, you must have near 300 km in the bag. Look at coming down the hills a freewheeling, just lift ur leg and gravity will do the rest. Ur blog is very entertaining. Stay bai. Buen Camino
About 290 to go. Not too bad but it is a tough go. Lots of effin hills bai. Doing the poly poly at 50 paces but onetime back in Conque I had to shorten that back to 30 paces. It was very steep.