The Grass Is Getting Greener

We all really enjoyed reading the Suffolk Branch's post and finding out their I.T. secrets: it put a big smile on our faces, which will be even wider when the resurrected Poddy returns to us.

Yesterday lunchtime we reached Cahors and had plenty of time to look round after claiming our 2 bedded room in the youth hostel. We were bowled over by our evening meal which, sorry French people, wasn't French cuisine. We had a delicious Tex Mex pizza which was basically chilli on a pizza base, with an egg at the centre. It definitely should be introduced in England - please note Chef Oakley. We followed it with a big helping of tiramisu and washed it down with a couple of glasses of red wine. We were very happy.

We have had showers over the last couple of days, but this lunchtime we experienced our first serious rain. We can't complain after nearly 3 weeks of dry walking, and we are now beginning to see some green grass again.

We still managed to arrive at tonight's gite in the dry though, and a French couple we have met before, have kindly offered us some room in an industrial sized washing machine for our mud splashed trousers and socks.

Since leaving Conques, the way has not been quite so sociable,
as we have not seen some of our earlier friends, and most of the people now walking are non English speaking, French, Germans snd Austrians. We have only had a party of 6 Canadian ladies to chat to, mind you, they do talk a lot!

Tonight, at Montcuq, things have changed and we have just had our most sociable meal in quite a while. We have met our first English person, who comes from Oxford and has teamed up with a lovely young Swizz-German man. We sat with them at the evening meal and also with our 2 French friends who are sharing their washing machine with us. Because our new English friend speaks such fluent French, we were able to include them in the conversation and enjoyed a great Franglais entente cordial.

The other important news is that we have completed more than half of the French leg of our trip. We hope the rest is as good.

Love from the Camino Bears xxx