Workers – June 5, 2024

  • Francès ~ Podiensis Camino -#23 Le Sauvage / Aumont-Aubrac
  • Distance: 17.6 miles / Total 303.4 miles
  • Ascent: 1,350’ / Descent: 2,075’
  • Time: 9 hours 00 minutes
  • Weather: 60-75°/ blue sky with white clouds

Workers…

Stone mason. Artisan. Old school…by hand and sheer might.
Farms seem to require no more machinery than one versatile Massey Ferguson tractor. The farms seem to be no larger than what one family with one tractor can manage.
When this tractor first passed me I was stunned to see the dog balanced on a green barrel. It turns out the barrel has been cut to form a cradle. The master can continue to work the farm with its senior dog.
Nine hours of walking deserves time to smell the roses.

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