Day 9 – Lourdes
by My telephone had threatened two thunderstorms in the night but fortunately nothing came of them. I rose at 08:30, showered and the usual and collected …
Day 8 – Escalona to Lourdes via Biescas, Laruns and the cols also Strike4Climate day
Oddly I woke up about half an hour before the alarm and mused about the next few days. I´d phoned yesterday evening with the friend …
Day 7 – Beaudéan to Escalona (Spain)
Breaking camp was a a bit challenging because the sunshadow and the tent layers were very wet so I needed to modify my packing system …
Day 6 – Beaudéan, laundry and a wet day
In the night I was woken up several times by rain squalls and a full-blown thunderstorm. The tent seemed, however, to be holding out despite …
Day 5 – Conques to Beaudéan
Again, I woke up slightly before dawn (I´m actually a long-sleeper but years of traumatology seem to surgically removed that part of me), I was …
Day 4 – Ruoms to Conques
I slept incredibly well on the airbed again and wake up just before dawn. I was lying there for a while and thought about the …
Day 3 – Sunday is a day off
Yesterday evening I decided to stay here for the day. I woke with first sunlight this morning, the airbed I brought with me was incredibly …
Day 2 – Thoirette to Ruoms
The “Auberge de Thoire” was great (link here). It was a very slightly quirky (in a good way), very friendly with great home-cooked food (breakfast …
Day 1 – home to Thoirette (France)
Well, I’ve been pretty lucky with the weather which is always good. I started with a bit of a mixed bag of cloud, the odd …
“Grey, dear friend, is all theory and green the golden tree of life” (Goethe)
And he had a good point. T’is the day before leaving, I made a pile of stuff to pack, started packing and was overawed by …