Day 37 Navarrenx to Aroue

Today was a 21km walk with the last 5 km being the hottest and longest km!
We had a very tasty meal last night at our hotel of Calamari and frites. I didnt realise until half way through that i was eating baby octopus! I was so hungry that I still ate it and it was totally delicious.
Today was another stunning Autumn day and we set off throught the old Italian fortification walls and over the river.
The first half of the walk was very pleasant through leafy paths under huge chestnut trees and lots of birdsong. We crossed over some streams which we dont see many of. After 10km we came to a "pate factory " where there was a huge variety of pate in tins plus fois gras. The best thing was that the very friendly man had coffee which was very welcome.
The walk after that became a bit of a slog as the sun was beating down with not much shade. At one stage a little foxy befriended us and was trotting behind Brian and we were worried he was going to follow us the whole way but luckily he peeled off.
We managed to find a lovely shady spot by a river for our lunch that we had taken from the breakfast buffet table .
After that it was really a bit of a hard slog with quite a bit of it by the road and geting hotter and hotter.
Finally we arrived in the very small village of Aroue anf a modern gite set in a lawn of trees with the sound of cow bells in the distance.
Its been wonderful to see the Pyrenees looming larger as we walk along even if they dont seem to show much in the photos. We are now in Basque country.Baca lagi