We Conquered Conques

It seems a long time ago now, but we walked into Conques 2 days ago and had a relaxing afternoon and night there. Conques is a bit of a staging point, and was the end point of their walk for a lot of people who started out with us from Le Puy.

As it is a rather bijou place, with lots of historic significance, we kept spying lots of our friends that we'd seen for a few days and then rather neglectfully lost. Re-union conversations ranged from a minute or two, to over a beer (on the case of the Australians Mike & Bob) depending on how good their English was.

By arriving before lunch we managed to get beds in a dormitory in the Abbey accommodation. It was nice accommodation and food and aided lots more conversations with new people. We were very proud of our female minder who managed a dinner conversation with a lovely French lady of over an hour, and it was 75% in French!

We joined the monks of the Abbey for Vespers and Compline, which included another Pilgrim blessing. Both were lovely occasions but again it was sad that there were only 3 monks at both offices although we did spy another, younger, one on Sunday.

Yesterday we resumed our Camino and walked to Lininhac-en-Haut where we had another night in a mobile home at a camp site on the banks of the River Lot. This time we had the home all to ourselves and we also had a very nice meal which included a lovely salad, galette, filled with meat, potato and cheese, and apple tart and ice cream (no moose this time so you can come out of hiding!)

Today we have reached Figeac, another major milestone, and we have booked onto a very cheap (but nice) hotel as we are having our first full day off tomorrow. Hopefully we will spend some time in an Internet cafe and get some photos for you. Sadly we have just had the other Ipod crash, so we must hand over this one, so the main blog can continue.

First though, all 5 of us want to wish Meryl & Nick a very happy wedding anniversary today.

Love from the Camino Bears xxx