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- 3. maj 2024
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Højde: 195 m
- FrankrigOccitaniaFigeacAbbaye Saint-Sauveur44°36’33” N 2°1’57” E
Decazeville to Figeac: mostly sunny!
3. maj, Frankrig ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Today was one of the long days - somehwere between 28 and 31 km, depending on which source you believed. We took our bags downstairs, had breakfast (serve your own coffee , which was a good change after 2 days, but jam and bread) and left around 8:10. There was a lot of fog, but it wasn't raining, and a farmer we walked past early on assured us that there would not be any rain.
A long hill out, then forests and a little too much mud until we went down to a small town on a swollen river. After that there was a good 10km of roads and dry paths through fields and woods. Talked a lot to a NZ couple, who walked at around our pace.
After a little village called St Michel we headed on while others stopped...and hit a little more mire. It was mostly on long, flattish sections, often beside fields. There were grand panoramas as the fog lifted, and often blue skies.
We stopped for lunch at a little church in a village called St Felix, whic was about 21km along the way. After the break we met the NZers again (who had taken the road) and walked with them pretty much to Figeac. There was a heavy shower about 30 mins out, but then we were dry when we arrived, and our hotel was right at the short bridge at the old entrance to the town.
We might have been very lucky with the choice of hotel (the trip organiser's choice) and us deciding to spend two nights here. Figeac looks amazing! It has a very old, almost medieval village surrounded by the rest of the town, with two large churches and lots of alleys and narrow, cobbled streets. We arrived at the hotel around 3:15, feeling pretty good: there have been shorter days in worse weather that felt much harder - and the hotel is excellent. We beat the luggage, but started off washing muddy clothes, and then planning a trip to a laundromat once they came (around 4;15). The laundromat was a short walk into the old city, and while things were being washed we wandered through some of the old streets and one of the enormous churches. It really is a great town: Conques might be more spectacular, but Figeac has more, and far more character. That might be for tomorrow.
We are having dinner with 5 American women tonight, plus a few add-ons. The five have been doing the walk as a group. The youngest is probably 70, the oldest close to 80, but they all belt along. They have been at the same hotels most nights for the last 10 days (same tour organiser). Some of them are fun, but some are also a bit depressed that they have come to France for some unspectacular weather and rough trails. Let's see if today cheered them up.
Hotel (Pont d'Or) scores extremely well. 1. Great wifi. 2 Tea and coffee in room. 3. Temperature controllable (sort of). 4. Good size room with shelves. 5. Great bed. 6 Great breakfast. 7. Good dinners. 8 A boot-cleaner. 9. Lift
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Rejsende This is so cool
Rejsende How do you choose where to have dinner? Is there a well-trodden dining path, or is it Google Maps?
Rejsende Mostly the hotels are pre-booked with dinner. Great if you get in late, and in small places with no other restaurants