Day 24 Eauze to Nogaro

We had breakfast at 0730 and were on the road by 0800, for some strange reason my rucksack felt heavier than usual and I was feeling really tired.

We had been walking for about 30 minutes, when the legend appeared, what is so sweet about him is that you hear him before you see him, you can hear all his doggy biscuits rattling around in his backpack.

Sadly we will not see him again as we have to move on, I will miss him and I just pray he makes it to Santiago, which is another 600 miles!! Having got to know him and watching the way he looks after his master, I somehow think he will, what a wonderful friend to have, Buen Camino Boolou you lovely beautiful dog .

Today was going to be another day of vines and crops.

My father always used to say " France is one big farmyard " and he was so right.

Spot the socks time.

The only town we passed through was Manciet.

Like idiots we did not stop for a drink or food.

By mid morning it was getting really hot.

We stopped at Eglise-de-Hopital.

By now it was getting very hot indeed.

I put my Shemagh on to protect my neck.

Sadly like yesterday there is not a lot to show you, just beautiful fields and vineyards with the odd bit of woodland.

After walking for over 5 hours we arrived at Negaro.

Our hotel was half a mile outside of Nogaro.

After we had checked in we went straight to our room and as per usual washed all our clothes, I will use anything I can as a washing line.

Dog on a blog.

After we had sorted our kit out we had lunch.

We then went to the supermarket to buy supplies for tomorrow as we have a long day ahead of us and we cannot take the risk of not finding a cafe.

Today had been a tough day for me, I think I hit the proverbial wall, my knee hurt, I kept getting this awful pain under my right foot , I was tired plus I had terrible hay fever and it all seemed to catch up with me. Martin is keeping my spirits up.

Well tomorrow is another day and I have only got six more days walking left.

Grizzly Adams has got nothing on me !!!!

Stats for today

Walked 13.50 miles

Distance to go 108 miles

Distance covered 340 miles