Pilgrimage Pause Pt.2. Washing day.

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Pilgrimage Pause Pt.2. Washing day.

Real nothing day. Bought a couple of things I'll need for camping after I reach Conques, including a purposeful multiple knife: Victorinox. Last expensive day too. Next location only €8.50 per night. This town is quiet at 12:30 as everything closes for the afternoon, but for a change the sun is out so it feels like a great day to stay put. Spent a tidy sum on dinner last night as everything is otherwise closed on Dimarche. Been to the pharmacy for foot cream, voltoron gel and contact lens solution. Did a wash first thing and now everything is back to clean for another four days muddiness. Meant to rain on Tuesday and be about 10 degrees centigrade. It is a surprise that the weather here on the Aubrac Plateau is exactly like the UK. It's a kilometre closer to the sun so that must, by degrees, makes it feel like the UK. All the flora and fauna is identical too. Like an island in south central France. If anything we are still in early spring here as the leaves on the trees are still at budbreak stage. Sending a postcard home from my second stage start point. I'll continue this tradition at Conques. Was infinitely sore yesterday so my body slept until a fabulous 9:30am and all my preparations for merdi departure at 8am was complete by noon. C'est la vie ...

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