Sept. 19 Figeac to Cajarc

 We wanted to take a taxi to up the hill above Figeac by cab 8km to Faycelles and walk about 24 km to Cajarc. We walked back to a cafe on a small plaza and asked him to call a taxi to come get us at this plaza. The taxi arrived just as we finished our coffee and we were pleased because the driver could speak some English. The town of Faycelles was very cute and had a church with a Pelerin stamp and offered self-serve hot coffee, tea and biscuits. We did not realize at the time that there would be no food or coffee places open the whole rest of the day!

Cross at Faycelles overlooking Lot valley

We started with lovely vistas over the valley Lot. The town we reached at noon that was supposed to have two restaurants we found disappointing, since both were closed and there was no other source of food anywhere along the way.  We arrive exhausted  and with no water only to find our 3 star hotel with tv about half kilometer out of town. We did a laundry and  hung it out on our balcony. We meet more formally the two Australian women walking with us at dinner. They had used a tour company to do all the planning of stops, booking of accommodations and moving of their luggage from Le Puy to Moissac.

We had an odd maitre de/ chef in this basically empty hotel but we welcomed luxury compared to night before. One of the ladies had gotten bronchitis shortly after arriving and so was taken the baggage service from place to place till she was well enough to walk.

Moss covered stone walls along track

Ute storage shed in the fields