Wednesday

July 26, 2009

Day 2: Goudet to Landos (23 kms, 400 m altitude gain, 100 m descent)
Route: Goudet , Montagnac, Fourches, Bargettes, Preyssac, Boucet St.Nicolas, Landos.
We leave Goudet, and opa decides to quit. He takes a cab back to Monastier where he will pick up his car and drive back to Bastide PuyLaurent. He believes he might die of a heart attack. Well, everything is possible at the age of 94. And so we are off on our own.
Hana becomes quite an avid donkey handler. Jacob, on the other hand, has some issues. Donkeys are not really stubborn. They're just very decisive.
We walk from Goudet to Boucet St.Nicolas. We are scheduled to sleep in Boucet St.Nicolas, but Jacob forgets to tell us and we are talking so much that we walk through the town, and end up in Landos, 6 kilometers further. At this point in time the walking is still easy, but not so easy that we decide to walk the 6 kilometers back.
We follow some signs of ‘Gites d’etappes’ in Landos and end up in a luxurious hostel (Les Fonds) for half the price with a room on the ground floor. We eat at Le Dauphin.

Every night, we put them into an enclosure which is made especially for travelers with donkeys.
When de-saddling the donkeys, the first thing they do is roll around in the sand to itch their backs.

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