All my posts along the way

  • Time to be still

    I am resting today in Nogaro. As Mum mentioned in her comment, Nogaro will play host to the start of Stage 4 of the Tour de France next week. You can imagine the excitement in the town. There are signs everywhere and the town has strung little flags in the shapes and colours of the Read more

  • Vines, corn and wheat

    When I’m walking now I’m aware that the most spectacular parts of my time in France are behind me. The walking is extremely pleasant and significantly less strenuous than my first few weeks. But it’s also less rewarding. Much of my time today was again on tracks through the forest or beside fields of corn, Read more

  • Forests and Armagnac

    I left Condom this morning walking along the Baise river. Most of my day today was under leafy forests. The day lacked the spectacular scenery of some of my previous stages but it was very pleasant walking and great to be in the shade. I’m between the forests there were some vineyards which I walked Read more

  • I will walk 500km

    Done. I arrived in the protection of Condom today. (sadly there’s no local humour about the name of this town) With that I am safely 1/3 of the way through my journey. Today started with another diversion, after about 1km I was sent off the track and onto a big road. It wasn’t as bad Read more

  • Walking on the road

    Today started with more sunflowers. I passed fields where they were nearly completely in bloom. Lovely. It continues to surprise that I haven’t gotten completely lost in rural France. Then today, somewhere after about 2 kilometres of walking I missed a marker and I ended up walking off route with no way markings. When I Read more

  • Sunflowers on the way

    Short day today. I’m slowing down a bit while the temperatures are high. The heat is so draining. But there is a flip side to heat, the sunflowers are blooming. They are like big sunny faces looking up at me. Hopefully the numbers in bloom continues to grow over the coming days. I passed through Read more