Day 20 Lascerbane to Lauzerte

The most significant thing about today is that we have passed the half way mark!
We felt a nice sense of accomplishment that we have got this far more or less of sound mind and body!
We had a fun night lastnight with Hans who has an interesting take on life. Loves the French but thinks they quite mad at times. His meal that he cooked while we all sat near the fire was delicious and all home made. Vege tarts ,veg pasta ,terrines on rye bread and plum and apricot tarts. For the golfers out there he told us his wife in Paris paid 50 thousand euro to join a golf club! The wine flowed and we all went to bed very content. Tres bon!
This morning the rain had stopped but still cold so off we set for a supposed 24 km walk
The walk was one of the more interesting ones we've had mainly due to varied scenery small villages and some interesting pilgrims to walk with. Francis our French friend who we hadn't seen since Aubrac turned up and he walked with us all day. Another 2 Dutch nurses also walked with us so lots of chat which helps the km pass quickly in fact one of the Dutch ladies Marianne and I were so busy chatting we nearly missed a turn off but luckily hadn't walked long before we realised we were on the wrong track.
The scenery is quite Tuscany like and there were rolling fields off lavender but not flowering. Lots of up hill and down dale
We are now at a wonderful gite, totally modern and we walked into a big room with a fire going.
Orla who is from Ireland is our host with her French husband and they were so welcoming.
This town is meant to be particularly beautiful and artists love to come and paint here. We have yet to explore but it won't be tonight.Read more