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Took us a while to find a park last night as we were aiming to stay in Le Rozier which is close to the start of Gorges de Tarn as that was the drive we wanted to do today. <br><br>Unfortunately roadworks stood in our way and we took the next best option of the drive through Gorges du la Jonte. <br><br>Stunning is the best way to descirbe this drive. I got the ...

... and a ruin of an old church which lit up at night. <br> Wednesday 4 Nov<br>Some blue skies finally appeared about 9am this morning so we set out to have a last wander through the village, take some more photos and more importantly buy some quiches for lunch - yum!<br>

We left the west coast and headed inland to look for work. We stopped at Angouleme for lunch which had a spectacular view from the old city. We carried on into the Dordogne, and looking for a campsite came across a municipal site in a little town called Argentat-sur-Dordogne. The weather was stifling hot, which that night brought on 24 hours of massive thunderstorms and then 3 days of rain! The Dordogne was flooding and even Argentat lost electricity one night!

... were some very nice shops and produce markets, great alleys to wander in. There's a very old synagogue -- at least, part of it is old, part rebuilt -- and the "main sight" in town, which is the Pope's Palace. We popped in there, but didn't do the tour...just wandering the streets looking at the buildings and stores was the most fun. There are some very good restaurants, too! The next day we took the car back to the TGV ...

... all the way to the pyrennees, according to some of the people who actually have guidebooks. which will make me happy because although my pack is heavy it does not pain me to go uphill. downhill however is another manner, and my knees hurt quite a bit. i'm very cheery today, but we do get sad and your prayers and thoughts really do help us along, so if you read this, please let me know. love trae

... the cafe au làit, and the mysterious black eyed cow. So in eight days we have marched almost, or just about 80 miles, or maybe 150 km. its really hard to know for sure though as our English guide book differs from the french guide books most people have, and the trail markers which occasionally tell us how far to Santiago can jump around in their distances. i think we've averaged about 19,5 km a day, and we've walked as far as 27 km on the ...

Finally the day of departure from the BB arrives! Plan was to be gone without trace before it awoke, but packing and pondering took too much time for that. Lengthy goodbyes to the Welsh boys and Andy. Everyone else was too busy meditatin. At the last minute before disappearing, Dani ran out with fruit for us. Felt like the spotty kid who gets a moment´s attention from one of the big girls. Why so ...

... Puy. Relief. Le Puy is a beautiful town. It has a crumbling castle perched on a comically craggy cliff in the centre. Find the internet and realise that Betabet is not in Le Puy. Take a bus to a little town nearby then catch two more lifts off kind souls and finally. Arrive.

... daily business. Nuns and monks of every imaginable order and style of habit/cossack added colour to the lovely street scenes. This is indeed the perfect time to be travelling here as the days are crisp and sunny and the tourists have all gone home! We began our quest to find the perfect lunch here in Assisi and good fortune led us to a terraced restaurant high up with breathtaking views and excellent, traditional Umbrian dishes. We felt we had found the ...

... winter. We don't pretend it's not coming...we know it will be there every single year without fail. When it gets cold at home we bundle up in down filled coats and toques, turn up the thermostat, and drink lots of hot drinks (or other warming beverages). When it nippy here in Europe, they don't have forced air heating and without wall to wall carpeting, the old floors are bare wood or tile. Perhaps the people walking ...