Day 29 Montreal Gers to Eauze

Today proved to be a bit of a frustrating day for 3 out of 4 of us.
We decided last night over dinner that as the ABs were playing at 1145 am French time and if we could get a ride to Eauze we would not do the walk and instead watch the rugby.
By chance our charming host Roland said he would be happy to take us to Eauze. As there is no show of uber in this area we were more than happy.
We again had another delicious but very rich meal last night of 3 courses sitting at the table with a very nice French couple who are also hiking the Camino. The main dish was like a duck cottage pie!
Its amazing how every meal is so different.
So this morning our adventurous pilgrim Jane set off to walk the 17km on her own while we waited for Roland to pick us up in his smart range rover. Enroute he drove us to yet another beautiful town of France called Fources which is very unique due to a round central square not a square one. Fources was beautiful and is famous for its flower markets in the spring.
Roland and his partner live very close and think are investing in old derelict houses and doing them up. Plus he owns 3 shops and is about to spend a week doing the Christmas decorations for his very boutique shop. I think he is very creative. When he dropped us off in Eauze he wanted no mon ey and was almost insulted we offered some.
We then found the cafe de Paris which was to be showing the rugby and luckily the man was happy to play it. The boys settled in for a coffee followed by beers but sadly when the game started the Chanel wouldn't load no matter how many times he tried. So over fish and chips for lunch we had to resort to stuff updates and zb commentary. Meanwhile we had met Derek from Ohope who was thrilled to meet some other kiwis and joined us for lunch and conversation. He has been traveling solo but had to rest for a week with bad shin splints. Good to hear the ABs won but all a bit frustrating not to watch it.
Jane said the walk was very pretty mainly under paved trees.
Eauze has a beautiful church dominating the central square and we are still very much in the grape and armagnac area.
We are definitely walking tomorrow!Leer más