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French-Three-Some ~ May 18, 2016

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Day 18 (Day 15 Camino)
Castres
Distance: 9 + 5 miles = 14 miles (10% tarmac) 218 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,155 feet and descent 1,449 feet
Time: 3 1/2 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, blue skies with clouds & few drizzles

Who should appear in Castres? None other than the French-Three-Some I have been playing leap-frog for a week on the Camino.

Can you find the my provider of a much needed baguette when all the boulangeies were closed?

Castres
Castres
Castres – Garden at Museum of Goya

Win-Win ~ May 18, 2016

Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Day 18 (Day 15 Camino)
Casters
Distance: 9 + 5 miles = 14 miles (10% tarmac) 218 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,155 feet and descent 1,449 feet
Time: 3 1/2 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, blue skies with clouds & few drizzles

Compromise. Jean-Claude does not like to walk in cities. Our Gîte is outside Castres. Tomorrow we will take a bus through Castres.

I dropped off my pack at the Gîte and went exploring Castres to connected by foot our Gîte and the termination point for our tomorrow’s bus ride.

Win-win. Jean-Claude avoids walking in the city. I walked the whole Camino.

Towards Castres – Unusual donkeys typical of a Jean-Claude’s region. They keep long fur even in summer.
Castres – Eglise de Saint-Jacques-de-Villegoudou
Castres – Medieval houses of tanners, weavers, and dyers attest to the importance of textiles to the town.

Village Stroll ~ May 17, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Jean Claude’s Birthday
Day 17 (Day 14 Camino)
Boissezon
Distance: 13 miles (1% tarmac) 204 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,015 feet and descent 2,590 feet
Time: 6 1/2 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, blue skies with clouds

Never any people to be seen on afternoon strolls through villages other then other pilgrims; all be it, the few five we are.

Boissezon – Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Boissezon – linda telephoning Sarah in Paris
Boissezon – Stair case in Gîte Le Saint-Jacques

Run for It ~ May 17, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016 Jean Claude’s Birthday
Day 17 (Day 14 Camino)
Boissezon
Distance: 13 miles (1% tarmac) 204 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,015 feet and descent 2,590 feet
Time: 6 1/2 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, blue skies with clouds

I’ve been following this Frenchman for eight days. Any idea what I am always thinking? Grab the baguette and run for it! He starts each day with a fresh baguette and ends each day with no baguette.

Toward Boissezon
Toward Boissezon
Leaving Anglès

Miam Miam Dodo ~ May 16, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016
Day 16 (Day 13 Camino)
Anglès
Distance: 12 miles (5% tarmac) 191 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,521 feet and descent 1,432 feet
Time: 5 1/4 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, breezy blue skies with clouds

The third of three guides in French. “Miam Miam Dodo” (Yum, Yum, Good Night) is a great resource for accommodations, maps with The Way marked, and services (ATM, train or bus stations, food stores, pharmacies, post offices, food markets, boulangeies, (bread bakeries), charcuterie (butchers).

Regretfully I don’t read French; but, I smile a lot.

Anglès
Anglès
Anglès
Anglès

English Guide Book ~ May 16, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016
Day 16 (Day 13 Camino)
Anglès
Distance: 12 miles (5% tarmac) 191 1/2 total miles
Ascent 1,521 feet and descent 1,432 feet
Time: 5 1/4 hours
Weather: 50-60 degrees, breezy blue skies with clouds

“Pilgrim Guides to the roads through France to Santiago de Compostela,” “I. Arles to Toulouse ” and “II. Toulouse to Puente la Reina.” Two of three guides carried. Though written in English, many terms, descriptions, and details are French.