Pilgrimage Pt.16.
All of the simple things feel too expensive.
Walking is free but not always easy.
The roofs in Conques remind me of lizards scales and also of Gaudi in Barcelona. Very natural and pliable looking. Not at all regimented or manmade. The colours vary immensely from olive and grey to sandy, cream and blue.
I take the donativo for tonight and the morning and tomorrow pay for my way at the Gîtes d'etape communal.
Conques reminds me of Cesky Krumalov in the sense it is a museum only. Bierre is €3.30 for 25cl. Beautiful and historic and empty and a rip off; strings of souvenir shops: sold everywhere but made in China.
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Walked rapidly to destination for tonight. A little bit of a hicktown to say it's on a major crossing of the river Lot. Thought that Patric had sped like a bullet to Denzeville, but he stopped for a break; I didn't see him, but he said I looked miles away. We walked together for a while until he said his feet were tired and sat at the roads edge. I thought the GR65 was going to pass through Denzeville, but it came down quickly and went up steeply behind it too. Looks like I took the longer scenic detour that, although official, adds 5kms to what was an arduous assent from Conques straight up the ravine on the south west side. That means my meandering through vegetation and sludge might've been a little more than I was expecting. Pushing today by 13:45 to 30kms. Next few days look steady and will camp if the weather holds tomorrow in Figeac. Yesterday's bonfide donativo at the Abbey probably saved me 30€. Tomorrow is demarche so need food this afternoon for the majority of the walk. Really rate these Agen Prunes; cheap and plentiful, full of energy and nutrition; pfrt!
Tres bon afternoon. Warmer all round. Eaten. Douched and bought breakfast now chill. Beer cheaper and very refreshing. Come on France, be nice!
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