My View from Mill Bay
I am back but only on this site. I am in Cohors for an extra day to sort my phone out. I have lost everything.
Jerry and Margit- send me your email address to morrisonjohn9242@gmail.com.
Dottie and Margaret Wickman and Liz Enjoy the road trip.
Luv ya all.
Did 35 kilometers today. Long story. More to come.
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Not car jack Dave but Carjac
No pics today as we’re were in a cloud all morning. No rain but super high humidity. I had to change my tee 3 times. I am now relaxing with a good friend of mine.
It hit 34 today. 10 days straight with 30 plus temps and super high humidity. Good time to cover some things:
It has been a tough slog…every day brings a new challenge,
Scenery is beautiful. One day you are on a natural high and the next, in absolute physical torture. At the start of the day? Major hill to climb. At the end of the day? Another major hill to climb. I should be dead. Heaven only knows why I am not.
80 percent of the Pilgrims are women.
Lots of pretend pilgrims. They book all the gites. That pisses me off. Sometimes you do not know where or if you are going to sleep. It always works out though.
There is nothing existential about doing the Camino…any Camino. It is just a walk and a great way to lose weight bai.
Very crowded now and getting expensive.
A tube of toothpaste cost 10 dollars Cdn.
Don’t try to order pizza here. It just doesn’t work
Burgers are fantastic. Steak is tough as a nail. French beer sucks. Always order German or Belgian beer. Delicious and refreshing. Water here is bland and semi tepid. You need it but it is not refreshing.
Have covered almost 300 kilometers now. Older French people are rude and extremely hostile to foreigners. Younger French people are super friendly and I have made many girlfriends. They like me because I am an old fart.
I take it one day at a time. You cannot think of the days after the present otherwise you will go nuts.
A couple just passed me. The man was walking about 10 paces in front of his woman. I figure that they have been married 20 years!
I love this.
Have a nice day.
Walked by this place late afternoon yesterday. It was so stinking hot and humid that when I saw it I had to book it. It is a camping site on the Lot River. It turned out to be a huge mistake because it was run by a couple who were totally incompetent.
They were Muslim and she wore the whole chabang (I don’t know what they call it). She was the cook as they advertised a restaurant that opened at 7pm. Did not matter as she didn’t know how to cook or prepare dinner. I found out the hard way. Yup, I ordered a peperoni pizza but she had no clue even though it was a menu item. She had to call her husband many times for help. I am sure that there must be a fire warning standing over a hot stove with all those robes on. After an hour I asked for my pizza. She shrugged and yelled for her husband. Turns out she had not even started preparing it. I lost it and left for the town center,which turned out good as they were having a fête.
Good food and beer and a live band who were excellent. Got back to the camp and it started raining. The cabin they gave me leaked. I was about to go postal.
It rained all day today. Everything is wet. On top of that the humidity is through the roof. I avoided going into the hills as much as I could. Luckily it wasn’t cold. Reached my destination in 7 hours – 25 kilometers.
Moral of this story? Don’t order pizza in France. On final issue. The Muslim couple played middle eastern rap very loud and until 11pm. I was pissed but as Katie would say: hmmmn. Johnnie. hmmmmn.
September 1st? Unreal