Estaing – Eysperac: 23 kms – Tuesday

A lovely, sunny and cool day. Wonderful, not too strenuous walk through rolling hills and farmlands. Pictures do not do the views justice. We arrived at the Hotel de la Valle at @ 4pm – a bit tired, but not too bad for the second day. Interestingly, Les is developing her wit quickly on this walk. After a very long stretch without sight of any of her beloved apples trees we came across a treasure drove. La femme exclaims spontaneously “after a barren stretch of apples we now are apple barons”.

Eysperac is tiny with only one hotel and one gite. Everything is very quite. It seems the French have disappeared. We have seen very few people these past three days. Only four couples staying at the hotel. After the hustle and bustle of London it is quite nice….The demi-pension dinner was just OK – a bottle of the local Marcillac did hit the spot