March 5th. much to tell . We have been walking six days now and covered a little over 100 KM . The whole saga begins with me leaving my "Man Purse" on a train at the last stop before Conques and I didn't realize it until a half hour later: A small station only one employee who call the train they find the bag and will return it to the station on a later train that evening. We take a taxi to Conques about a half hour away and the taxi is due to return to the little station in the morning to pick up passengers from the Paris train. Problem number two in the morning all trains from the north of France are cancelled due to the mqjor storm on the coast that killed 50 people. The nice people at SNCF,French Rail, agree to forward the bag to the next town on out walking route. Once we arrive there are no taxis available to take me the extra 4 KM to the station so I add an extra 8 KM round trip to pick up the bag. Everything still in the bag including my Passport and two cameras.
We are in Limogne tonight and this little cafe is going to close soon so I need to be brief. The photo of Conques is borrowed, I didn't have a camera at the time. I will add some photos here and if you click on them it will take you to the others that I have just put on Flickr.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Conques from the South
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4 comments:
Wow, 100km!! That's great.
And how lucky are you to get your man purse and all the contents back off that train?? It just goes to show that there are still lots of decent people left in this world. I know I have lost many valuable things over the years and many times they have been returned (cell phones, wallets, camera, purse [several times]). Good to hear.
I hope that last picture of the rocks wasn't one of your recent accommodations.
Good to hear from you, I was getting worried.8-)
Thanks dear good to hear from you too hope all is well back home.
Yes I am very lucky to get the purse and contents back and the peiople at SNCF were fantastic. The stone thing is a dolmen, google it.
How different everything looks in Winter! I walked in Spring, and though some days were cold and there was still snow in Aubrac, there were lots of field flowers and when you were close to the river Lot, the trees had leaves. What wonderful memories you are evoking in me! Hope you make it all the way, it is well worth it!
Michèle (Ottawa)
Thanks Michéle. I'm 180 KM from Saint Jean Pied de Port today and I hope to have time in early April to return to Le Puy and walk from there to Conques if the snow is all gone in that area.
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