28 km, Grey drizzle, sun & cloud. 20°
What Is This? A Lunch Break?
We enjoyed a nice dinner gathering, with some fellow pilgrims last night. As usual lots of stories about past Caminos and prior lives were shared. Couple to my left are from Genoa, Italy, so of course we had lots to talk about over dinner. The big fella across the table is from Germany and beside him is Don from California, Ralph from Germany, Colum from Tipperary, Ireland and one of our two hosts (standing).
The food was simple, but very tasty and filling. Chilli con carney with lots of beans and other things to help propel us along today. 🚀
Our host also made a really yummy dessert, and there was wine and beer for whoever wanted it. Both Annemarie and I shared wine!
Our neighbour this morning when we woke up.
After a nice breakfast we were back on the road again. More walking along sandy trails and down long green tunnels again.
There was a real mist in the air as we walked, and occasionally it even broke out into rain. At one point, we put on our rain jackets, but only very briefly. After that things began to improve and soon we are back in T-shirts.
We had lots of time on our hands today because we couldn’t get into our place until 5 PM. Try as I might the owners of the little hotel, bar, restaurant, local grocery store would not budge. So we stopped for a couple of hours and enjoyed the few sites that Roquefort had on offer.
We visited the large 12th century. Church which was like walking into a museum. 
I really liked this stainglass window. Complex and wonderfully colourful!
With time to burn, we decided to find lunch. It took us a while to find a place that offered food, but once we did….
It was pretty weird to actually have a full on lunch today. I rarely indulge at home, and on Camino it’s much the same. But the food smelled really good and it was hard to resist. We have a nice dinner being prepared for us tonight so I made sure to leave room for that as well!😋
By the time we finished lunch, the cool damp air had been pretty much blown away to be replaced by big fluffy clouds and blue skies. With the sun came the colours.
Once we left town, the Camino took us out along the highway where there was a good bit of traffic flowing by.
Interesting to see the local water tower used for telecommunications equipment. I guess in this sort of flat terrain anything above ground level works.
We caught up to several other pairs on the pathway who we had visited with last night. This is Maria and Giovanni from Italy.
Our host last night explained what these hides are used for. Not the traditional type of hunting that we thought earlier, but for catching pigeons. Apparently, this is a real tradition in this part of France. The so-called hunters hide in these tunnels after placing tied down pigeons out as decoy lures. The wild pigeons fly in and nets are tossed over them when they arrive. They are then taken home and added to the caged pigeon flock. I’m not completely sure how I feel about this practice, but traditions like this are hard to change. Part of the local colour!
We arrived in Bostons where we found a beautiful church in the centre of the village. It was quite supportive of the pilgrimage, and there was a nice place for pilgrims to rest and a stamp was available.😊
A couple of images from the inside this little church
And then we were on our way to complete the last 4 km of today’s stage.
As I write this, I am waiting outside our accommodation for tonight. They open precisely at 5 PM. Which is exactly right now.😂
Later: we’ve been let in to our simple digs and after refreshing showers we are heading off for a nice cold beverage. Everything is in the one building. What a convenient place!
Due to a shortage of places to stay in this region, we’ve had to cover about 60 km in the past two days. Tomorrow is a short stage of just 17 km into the last city that we will encounter before arriving in SJPDP At the end of next week. We estimate that I’ve walked over 800 km to this point. Parts of the bottoms of my boots reflect all the road walking with all the tread worn off in some places. I can’t honestly remember going through a pair of boots quite as fast. Oh well, c’est camino!😊
Bon Chemin!
Geoff🍻☀️
Distance Walker - Wandering & Wondering! 
Not Roquefort as in the cheese?
Bon chemin!
Ken
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