Busca QB; Decazeville to Figeac

The walking pilgrim is giving up and becoming a good-time pilgrim. Turns out even with training the distances required most days are too long, and especially so if you consider the difficulty of the terrain.  This is the schedule arranged by the travel agency. Clearly the people who figured it out have never actually walk the Camino. Hiked over 11 miles from Decazeville (dump ex-mining town) to St. Felix through the usual closed French villages. Staggered into a bar ( rest of St. felix was closed, of course) had a Perrier menthe or two, gobbled my emergency rations (box of cherry tomatoes and three cookies) and took a taxi the last six miles to Figeac. This is a stunning medieval town (see photos), not worth missing due to exhaustion over seeing a few more cows and churches. Tomorrow will try to bus into Cajarc, another town worth seeing, maybe walk the next day where the distance will be only 12 miles. Will no longer visit churches or cathedrals younger than 13th century, as this is a medieval trip, and I am of the school that the Renaissance began at least  as early as the 13th c. Therefore, cannot spend valuable time on juvenile buildings.  

Will try to continue with this plan at least through France. To quote Dirty Harry : "a man's  [sic] got to know his limitations."  

Jeff ran into Bernard, the guy with the two burros that would not cross the stream. Jeff asked him how he moved them across.  Bernard told him he finally moved them to another section of the stream. This location was more appealing for reasons known only to burros, and they crossed over.

Ate a treat called pastis, found at a patisserie. Was a cup made of butter, phyllo dough and butter.  Inside was chunks of baked or stewed apples and butter. One also had choc chips, both were delicious but we liked the unchoc one better.

Time to bathe in Voltaren gel and sleep.