Golinhac to Conques

Good dinner last night of duck in a marrow! The duck tasted quite wild and was delicious . Brian and Lee had the pork bur Brian felt it needed gravy ( sound familiar Bridget!)
We enjoyed the local red wine once again.
So off we set this morning for a " moderate to strenuous " walk of 21km and so it was. It was beautiful walking through the old ancient forests of chestnuts and walnut trees, apple trees dripping with fruit..no wasps . There was quite a bit of road walking but very quiet country lanes.
The elevation was 400 meters so quite a few steep ascents but we did have a few stops and picniced under a big old chestnut trees where I could put my legs up.
The little villages were all so quaint and the usual drystone houses and churches that you never get sick of.
Finally after a very steep descent of 2km we arrived in the stunningly beautiful picturesque town of Conques. You feel like you are in the middle of a fairytale and so pleased we are having a days rest tomorrow to really explore. The abbey was founded here in 860 and the houses all of the same era and totally adds to the charm. Its the most tourists we have seen anywhere on the walk but its still so quiet with hardly any cars.Our hotel gite is wonderful with a washing machine! We'll its time to meet up for drinks with Jacque and Lan the L'Orreal couple. Sadly it's David's last day with us and he flies back to Dublin tomorrow. We will miss him.

We have now walked over 200km in 10days and think all our muscles feeling itRead more