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Day 3

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Bruno Bodnar

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Sunday, Sept 22

24 km to Lauzerte

Today is one of the longer days of the hike. Not something to look forward too.

We ended up hiking 25km today. But not too bad because we split it up into 2 sections and stopped for lunch in Montcuq-en-Quercy-Blanc at a sidewalk pub. The owner said the kitchen was closed but the pizza joint two doors over could make us a big salad.

The distance would have been ok, except that the last 2 km were crazy difficult and muddy. According to my watch I got my heart rate up to 135, (is that a good thing?) I think that it was from all the swearing at the trail markers and the mud.

The destination today is a much larger town and the accommodations are in a tower of the ancient city walls of Lauzerte.

A “beehive” hut once used as a refuge by truffle hunters, before the age of atv’s

It started with a few dark clouds and an ever so light drizzle so we ducked into a little church here to put on our rain gear.

Tucked into the woods; A tiny church along the way. Nobody around but the door is open, inviting visitors. And there are fresh flowers on
the table inside.
And then it rained!

It started to pour shortly after and the dark clouds grew to cover much of the sky so rather than wait out the rain we improvised a plastic poncho to cover our packs so that we might haveaw some dry clothes to put on at the end of the day.

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Improvised rain covers for our packs
It stopped raining long enough to sit out on the sidewalk with drinks and a wonderful salad from the guy who ran the pizza place next door
The little boy peeing. There’s a story behind this that the lady at
the tourist office told us and I’ve since forgotten but the jest of it is that it’s a snub to Paris.
Looking back down the trail at Montcuq in the distance
The muddy trail ahead. I don’t think the people who made this trail missed even a single hill!
Arriving at Lauzerte, just before it starts to rain again, and yet another hill to climb
We couldn’t find our accommodations for the night. But I had the owner’s phone number and she came out to direct us. I’m pretty sure we would never have found it. It’s a good thing I bought a sim card for Europe before we left.
That’s our kitchen window. There are 3 more small alleys to navigate before you get to the door. We’re in one of the old towers of the wall that once surrounded the city.

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