Last night we stayed in a gite that wasn’t in a town abd quite isolated. Having arrived in plenty of time, showered and refreshed, we headed to the bar for a pre-dinner drink. As we sat sipping our hosts informed us that they were taking the kids to the water park, about 15 drive away and that dinner wouldn’t be served until 8.00 not the usual 7.00. But if we liked we could go with them.

So in the interim we asked what would be a good place to stay. We worked out a good stopping distance with our usual starting time and booked ahead only to be told at dinner that breakfast would be at 6.00. Our good stop would now be reached by mid-day.

Well the walk this morning was along a disused railway. During the heat of the day this would be welcomed but at 6.30 the only thing being shaded are the mozzies so along with sunscreen there is the mozzie spray to apply before going too far.

As expected we arrived early so decided to cancelled our gite a d carried on walking. So what started out to be a short walk ended up being 30km. But we managed to catch up with sisters Jennifer and Lynda, and the start of the walk was fairly flat. Choo, choo.