Day 41 - Condom to Montreal du Gers

So as we start June we enter our last week in France. Up for our 7.30 petit dejeuner with Sandrine our host, then bags packed and on the road again. It was a lovely morning as we left Condom, we saw a huge wasp about 4 feet long 😳
Perfect weather for walking with blue skies and a good breeze. The river accompanied us initially then we turned off through farmers fields with a variety of crops. Ripening barley, wheat, peas, sunflowers, vines and other plants that were too small to identify yet.
We met Sue and Karen from the south of England- our first English pilgrims. Simon leapt on and Mary dallied to chat 😂.
Lunch was had on a sunny grass verge when the hunger pangs crept in and the ants 🐜 joined us.
Arrived in Montreal a little early for check in so carried on the additional km to the town centre - which of course was all shut!!
A strange, parochial little place, not the friendliest of places, all a little surreal.
We are staying in a French pontins style chalet so got some washing done before creeping back to the town centre, shaking with hunger. As the grocery store had reopened and it had reasonable stock we decided to go back and have a fry up rather than deal with the intricacies of securing a table in a cliquey, slightly creepy village.
Time for an early night as we have a longer walk tomorrow.
We will meet up with our friends Colin and Jane who are in the exciting position of securing a lovely property in the Bordeaux region. So we will enjoy catching up and hearing all about it.Read more