Day 23 Léguevin to Giscaro, 32 km

I finally managed to get out the door not too long after 7:00. Got a few good hours in before it started getting humid. Not the most inspiring walk today. A forest. Small country roads with pavement. Two small villages with public toilets (!) and a big village with coffee in a cafe designed for parents with small kids. It had playhouses and dress up clothes. Cloudy skies for most of the day. And a few less than ideal
stretches, like the one where the chemin was buried under piles of sand that had something to do with autoroute renovation. A good lot of walking along things — the autoroute, train tracks, construction fencing. And still a fair bit of pavement. And then there was the truck, a big semi truck completely blocking a very rural bit of the chemin. You walk a bit down a hill and turn a bit and the entire track is blocked by a huge truck. Apparently with all the national highway construction going on, gps is very screwed up. And yet - at what point do you not think this mud track is not a place to drive this huge truck!?

It was a long day. I finished around 4. My knee is still unhappy but not as unhappy as it was. The non paved non flat bits today were a good change. There are times I think, oh, it’s fine now. But then it changes its mind again.

Fantastic gite. Out in the middle of nowhere. Geese and chickens and three cats. A pond with frogs. And everything you might need — epsom salts, a machine to spin the water out of clothes, a whole shelf of Asterix comics. Huge bins to keep your pack in - so all your unpacked stuff can fit in too. But I especially like the gingham duvet cover and real duvet.

Excellent meal, lots of instructions about what’s ahead. Same 4 of us as last night. But the other three are going a different place tomorrow. . I spent a long time sorting out days and mileage. I have a plan that only has a few days over 30 and a few days below 20 for rests. And then I would have 3 extra “just in case” days. And maybe time to spend another day in Toulouse. I’m reading people’s posts about the mountains!Read more