Friday, October 11th, 2013.
Have had some great open roads in the past few days - 
It has been mostly fairly flat, with the occasional uphill, and quite a lot of very sticky mud, as well as some road walking. Small country roads.
Yesterday we arrived at the village of Condom (much laughing and snickering amongst the Anglos). It's a nice town with a cathedral and statues of d'Artagnan and his 3 Mousquetaires, so we joined them for a photo opp!
We said goodbye to our Tasmanian friends this morning, and shall carry on with those other long distance walkers still on the road. Some gites are now closing for the season, so we have to call ahead. But most of the remaining walkers are in for the whole walk to St Jean Pied-de-Port in the Pyrenees. Not so many short-term walkers left now.
We have now covered 500 km on this hike in France. Its amazing to us how the kilometres are now adding up. We still just think of going from one town to the next and not how far it is to our planned finish in St Jean Pied-de-Port. The feet are definitely beginning to feel flat.
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"Swinging along the open road,
Swinging along under a sky that's clear.
Swinging along the open road,
All in the fall, In the fall of the year.
Swinging along, swinging along, swinging along
The open road, all in the fall of the year."
I remember getting lost on the way into Condom. I followed a path with red and orange rather than red and white markings which led me right down into the valley instead of up to the town. I am enjoying following your progress. Not so far now.
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