A beautiful 19 kilometer walk along the Garonne canal. It was a walk between the Garonne River and the Canal. It would have been a wonderful picturesque scene except for the pouring rain. Today is the 7th straight day of rain. 3 days of solid hard core rain and 4 days of mist and light rain. Everything is wet or damp. You don’t want to stop as you get cold so you keep on going.
This is where I stayed last night. It was built in 1800 but doesn’t look a day over 400 years. At least the decor hasn’t changed. Purple, pink, mauve, red and orange pastel colours. Rather gay on steroids. But there is nothing wrong with that. The proprietor was great. He told me that all his girlfriends call him the laughing buda. You can’t see his gut but his bald head tells half the story.
He is the guy on the right. The other guy is Honario from Spain. He is an amazing guy. He has been my walking companion for a few days now. He is 66 but walks very fast. He has done 20 Caminos. I asked him why and he said well it’s a great way to lose weight bai. Yeeesss. Eh Jerry? Yes a true Caminoman. I laughed. I have made many friends. All my girlfriends left me in Conque. I have made many others. I wonder how Paul is doing. St Paul I refer to him as.
Only picture that I took of today’s walk because it poured all morning. Covered off 19 kilometers in 4 hours Pretty good timing.
You can tell that the landscape is spectacular in spite of the weather.
The Garonne River. France had some beautiful Rivers: the Lot, Loire, Allier and the Garonne. I have gone swimming in two of them: the Allier and the Loire. France has some beautiful countryside. You have to get out of Paris to see the real beauty here. It is magnifique, as they say here.
The video will give you a good idea of the walk today. Beautiful.
An appropriate song for today:
Class , so am not the only one . Camino’s allows one to drink beer and lose weight. Tis a great combination. Keep er lit bai.
He is from Spain so you must have walked into him at some point. He is 66 and walk at about 5.5-6 km per hour. I see him after the days walk as I cant keep up with him. He has done 20 Caminos