Finding treasure on the Camino de Santiago

9 May 2022

“Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.” Anon

Day 4: Les Faux to Aumont-Aubrac

24 kms – 38 784 steps – cumulative: 102 kms and 156 717 steps

The Les Faux accomodation was interesting. A hotel but also a Gite. No WiFi. Which isn’t really an issue unless you’re trying to blog. It was also off the beaten track so leaving this morning was very complicated through farm fields etc to get back onto the GR 65. My route.

The morning was crisp and gorgeous. That early morning sunlight lightly caressing everything around me including my face. Another little underwear adventure happens as I walk out into an open road – my bra strap comes loose. The only way to fix it is to undress. The road is dead quiet not a car in sight as I start undressing it becomes a National highway. Anyways I managed to fix it and avoid anyone seeing anything they might not want to.

The walk is tough it’s up and down again and through forests and little farm roads. It delights me around every corner. The dandelion fields (today no daffodils), bubbling brooks, the sound of cuckoos all morning. I pass charming little hamlets with no people in them but gorgeous to look at. I see no one. I decide to have my packed breakfast picnic at the top of one of the hills and I bump into Jennie. I walked with her for awhile and then off she went up the hill. Later I bumped into Anne and Charles from the UK. He recognized me from a private Camino Facebook group I belong to. I chatted to them for the last 4kms into the charming town of Aumont-Aubrac.

Camino Gifts

– the glorious picnic at the top of the hill

– meeting Jennie and walking with her in the heat of the day up a steep hill

– meeting Anne and Charles on those last few kms

– the beautiful hotel we will stay in for two nights (just what we need)

– long stretches of beautiful pastures of yellow and green beauty just for me

– the company of butterflies and cuckoos.

Goodbye until Day 5 of walking report