Le Puy en Velay to Montbonnet
The bonjour day
Day 1 of the walk has started. Off to church for blessing.
Jo managed to get lost even before we take our step on the route..
After breakfast it is good bye Le Puy et bonjour chemin du le Puy en valey. Oh and today happens to be the Grand Route de Chemin. Runners start from various villages on our route going to Le Puy, The French being polite say bonjour when passing, so our day is filled with bonjour after bonjour.
Day one didn’t end too well, Jo walked down the 3 steps in the flat, unfortunately there were 4. Ankle twisted and sore she had a restless night. (That may have been due to my snoring.)
Low cloud for the start of the day, hopefully it will clear later.
Today we decided to have easy strolls around town. I strolled and Jo limped.
Finally made it to Le Puy….
Before picking the sisters up we had to get out of St Etienne after many u-turns and 25 minutes we were back at the hotel.
Off we go take 2 was more successful and we managed to find our other passengers with the help of the onboard navigation.
Arrived at Hertz at 12.15 to find it closed for lunch, back at 2.00.
Left the car behind and found our accomodation, then back to return the vehicle.
After returning we went walk about for the afternoon. Getting our passport and climbing the virgin Mary.
After many weeks of putting off training , it is now too late. We are sitting in a bar at Heathrow airport waiting for our plane.
In true Jo and Mike style we arrived early to ensure that if there were hold-ups en route we would still have time. The new smart motorway on the M3 appears to be working and although the speed was reduced to 50mph the traffic kept flowing.
Checking in online meant we walked straight through security and were ready to board at 10:30, unfortunately we won’t find out which gate to go to until 13:05.
Having recovered from jetlag, it is now time to restart training.