1. At the top of the list is the wonderful new friends we made. All the lovely encounters we enjoyed made the pilgrimage so much more than an ordinary walk. Despite all our cultural and language differences, our shared identity as pilgrims, gave us so much in common and broke across all the barriers.
Here is Luc from Belgium, one of our special friends, who we hope to see on one of his frequent visits to England.
2. We will always remember some of the marvellous accommodation we stayed in.
One of our favourites in France was the gite Montalibet in a small village called Lichos.
It was a lovely old stone building and was owned by some special people who invited us to use their swimming pool and sun loungers and gave us aperitifs and a superb meal. We then retired to bed on a characterful mezzanine floor.
In Spain we thought the albergue at Boadilla was rather special. We could see why it was called 'Shangrila' in Travels with my Donkey'.
The accommodation was in the grounds of some former farm buildings and many historical features had been retained including a pair of threshing sledges. The grounds were simply delightful as you can see from our pictures and our host was a charming Spaniard who was great fun.
3. We enjoyed walking through some wonderful scenery, especially in France.
We loved the alpine scery and the Aubrac plaeau which reminded us quite a lot of Derbyshire.
4. We passed through some delightful villages with some great photogenic qualities. Two of the finest were Espallion ...
... and Estaing ...
It was a shame we passed through these 2 places briefly and weren't able to stay. Of course the sunshine and the blue sky might have coloured our view.
It's becoming apparent to us that we have far too many highlights to fit into one post, so we'll break here and bring you part two soon.
Lots of love, the Camino bears xxx
1 comment:
Wow, yes all of these are great! Can see they'd make the blisters and heavy rucksacs all worthwhile.
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