18 September. Cool and lovely day for pelerins

Hilly bike ride, 500 meters of climbing, but all on quiet Saturday morning roads.

QB had a long hard walk made worse by getting lost due to bad or non existent road markings. Almost 16 miles with a pack is not fun.

The Church at Aire called St. Quittere is another in a long line of old churches. Equally charming. Onto Pimbo another Bastides with another charming church. 

Sometimes people set up coffee and cakes for the pelerins.  In Pimbo I went to get some coffee and was handed some fine Kuglekopf, a type of Alsatian coffee cake. Turns out I crashed a breakfast party among friends meeting and setting up an outside manger.  They were very hospitable.

Nothing in Arzac and the hotel is a typical zero etoile. Basic. Very basic with no net connection.

This town does not even find my telephone connection so not sure when this will go. 

We are now very much in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Can see them looming ahead. 

Dinner was excelllent. QB picture sent earlier did not capture the dish which means “pan filled”  basically a paella with potatoes instead of rice. Menu had several “POELLEE” dishes. Seafood. Meat. Etc.