All my posts along the way

  • Arriving in Aroue

    I had a restorative night in Navarrenx. I was hesitant to leave this morning. I would have liked to linger and have coffee but I couldn’t stay all day so I got on my way. Lovely walking this morning, the air was cool and the Pyrenees are now a constant part of the scenery. There’s Read more

  • Short walk to Navarrenx

    13km walk today through the hills and forests. It was over in 3 hours so I arrived in Navarrenx for lunch and was able to sit down and enjoy the meal knowing I had no where to move on to in the afternoon. It felt like a holiday. I spent the afternoon having a little Read more

  • I see the Pyrenees

    And they are awe inspiring. Clear skies leaving Arthez de Bearn this morning allowed me to look out across the valley and over to the mountains. As I walked out of Athez I headed north, on my left to west I could see the Pyrenees and my walk for the next few days. On my Read more

  • Time for a rant

    If you’re hoping to get an update on the cornfields and the sunflowers you might need to skip today’s post. The last few days have been long and tough and there hasn’t been much happening. Today I walked 30km through 4 little towns that didn’t have cafes or bars. There were a few picnic tables Read more

  • More corn and the return of yellow signs

    I left Aire Sur L’Aour early this morning to get started on another long day. After I got outside the city outskirts I had a nice walk around a lake before going through an underpass beneath a large highway. And then I was back in the corn. For most of the morning and the next Read more

  • Rain on the way

    The day started with rain. And as the morning progressed it got heavier. Things were quite bleak actually. My boots that had got me through all those puddles started to let the rain in and my sox got really wet. I was trudging through 15km without any significant landmarks to distract me. The rain did Read more