Getting up in a warm gite rather than a freezing tent is a nice touch. After the boys absolutely deal to the buffet breakfast we begin walking with Maxim and Pascal, Alissa gets a long opportunity to chat in French with some locals which is pretty much her life’s ambition so it’s a good start.
After the standard climb out of the valley to the ridge tops it doesn’t take long over the rolling paddocks to get to Lauzerte, a classic hill top medieval city. Lots of cafes and a rare supermarket on the way in. Very pretty and the information signs are also in English which means I can actually read some of the history. It’s best to go slightly off path here and walk through the Pilgrim’s garden as you make your way down.
After bypassing the supermarket we are hanging out for lunch and all hopes are resting on a little sandwich bar mentioned in the guide that possibly shuts at 1pm. We just make it and stay a bit too long, relieved we can feed the troops while the older boys sit and sketch out the future business empire they plan to build on their return to NZ. The days of walking are letting their minds wander and their creativity emerge, it’s surprised me how well it’s worked.
It’s a nice and easy walk all the way to Dufort Lacapelette where we’re back to camping in the grounds of a gite overlooking a vineyard, campgrounds are few and far between on the route from here out.
There’s not too much in town except for a bar/tabac/rough epicerie so it would have been a good idea to do our shopping in Lauzerte supermarket but thems the breaks. Our picnic is pretty lean tonight with classic cheese and butter on a baguette with a side of chocolate biscuits to finish. Still, no one’s complaining. Well about a lot of other things yes, but not about the clearly nutritionally sound dinner options.
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