Day 24 Giscaro to Montégut, 32 km

This app, like others, says, in the place where you start a post, “what have you been up to?” Again, the answer is walking. A lot of today’s walking was on wet feet. And wet feet led to one tiny blister. So annoying. There were stretches of long soaking wet grass and lots of mud. There was a bit of rain, enough to put on the rain jacket and sweat. But by early afternoon the sun was out and it got hot.

At one point I arrived at the top of a hill, stepped out of the trees and onto a small paved road. Boiling hot. Needing to take off my jacket. A man in a truck slowed down —- I assume seeing someone walking with a pack in the middle of nowhere — to ask if I needed any help. I imagine I was that bedraggled!

Mostly agricultural fields today. Grains. And ??? I have no idea. Lots of green. A number of small not fancy churches. Doors open but no lights. A few well placed benches. The villages in this region definitely providing some infrastructure for the pilgrims.

Hills, uneven ground, and ibuprofen meant my knee was not bad. Today it was not the walking that did me in, it was the heat.

I’m staying in the most stylish gite ever. In a village on a big hill. The morning will be up!

As in other gites where I have taken demi pension, the owner ate with me. And like all of the other women, she had a small plate of salad while I had an enormous meal. They eat a big meal at lunch, but, still, these are very small plates!

She is the first person who has mentioned the state of the world to me, asking what do Canadians think of the war? I do give the news a minute or two every day just to see where things are at.

I left booking for tomorrow late … don’t know where I am sleeping tomorrow. There is no winging it in this route!!! We’ll see!Read more