Miradoux to Lectoure - 17 kilometers

Sunny and warm.  Simple breakfast - breads, assorted jams, yogurt, juice, tea and coffee.  We miss our breakfast stops in Spain - omelettes or torta con patata.  And our frequent stops for cafe con leche and tea. 

Path was through farmers fields

Small town - Castet-Arrouy

Castet-Arrouy

Trail marking

Some rolling hills but nothing too hard today.

Lots of sun flowers 

A château in a state of disrepair  

And another château. 

This city has a small laundry - 5 washers and 2 dryers.  We took showers and gathered up all our stuff and filled a 10 kilo (22pound) washer.  Cost 6 euros, around $6.60, but worth it.  The dryer is 1 euro per 10 minutes.  

A French couple, we first met 2 weeks ago was doing their laundry.  We hadn't seen them for 2 weeks and saw them walking yesterday.

There are so many different places to stay every day, some walk shorter days or longer days, and then weeks go by and then you see a familiar face.

Life on a 450 mile walk.  Get up, breakfast, walk, check in, shower, laundry, eat, sleep, get up . . . .

Tomorrow no wet socks hanging from our backpacks - air drying as we walk.

Our hotel - shutters closed, nice courtyard, swimming pool

Mare inside hotel courtyard

Dinner

First course - marinated salmon

Main - Guineafowl with red/green/yellow peppers and onion

Dessert - crême brûlée 

Tomorrow we walk it off over 13 miles