Waking up to a dry day is very welcome. Makes the spirits stay high. We get to use a vending machine for fresh baguettes as the boulangerie isn’t open, Tom and Nate think this is the greatest invention that mankind has achieved. They may be right.
No rain and a lot less road walking makes for a happier bunch of walkers. Mostly off road through farmers tracks that’s a bit up and down. Tom still isn’t too impressed and spends most of the day on my back.
Tom is also getting a bit tired of the attention he gets parked up on my back, people are often keen for photos and he is done. Hides his face behind his hat and shuts it down.
The view of the Pyrenees is much better today, and are still super impressive and super intimidating. Not sure how we get up them.
After Laurelle it’s back on the roads and cornfields to get to Pomps. The gite here looks a little rougher than the last, but it’s a bed for the night as rain is forecast again for tomorrow. The alimentation (local store) in Pomps is well stocked for passing pilgrims. Although we now realise we easily could have self-catered here, a communal meal shared with other pilgrims is a rare treat and pretty much Nate’s recurrent Camino ambition. As always they have kindly offered to cater for Alissa’s non-french meal preferences. We have to laugh when her parcel marked ‘vegetarian’ arrives at the table as the rest of us are being served, they generously remove the label and place the piece of fish inside on her plate. I’m starting to think the idea of someone who doesn’t eat meat offends the delicate French gastronomic sensibilities.
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