Saint-Côme-d’Olt to Conques

After breakfast, stripping our beds and collecting the picnic lunch provided by the convent, we headed off in the bus for Espeyrac to begin our walk to Conques. The walk is about 10 kms in two stages and should take about 3.5 hours.

Jerome our driver dropped us off just as the rain started - luckily the showers only passed through and soon we had sunshine, which stayed with us for the first part of our walk. We met many pilgrims on the way, including, Thomas, a German guy from Lake Constance who has been walking for 39 days and hopes to reach Santiago de Compostela in another 2 months. (Ed - All up about 2,500 kms!)

We stopped for a picnic lunch at the lovely small village of Senergues and then commenced the afternoon walk towards Conques. During the walk we experienced pouring rain, cold winds, mud and, at times, some sunshine. We met Jerome at a lovely little village called St Marcel, located a few kms outside of Conques, as he thought the last bit was too steep and slippery on such a wet day. He drove us the last bit into the village.Read more