Today's walk has been delightful. Not too long, almost no cloud but a
comfortable cooling breeze, and variety of terrain and scenery. Les
Baronnies was a pretty area, with wooded hillsides and hilltop
villages, but it was sooo quiet and all the villages were dead. Since
starting up the Vallée d'Aure it's become more varied, with wooded
valleys, more fast-running water and snow-covers mountains in the
distance. I have walked across fields, along roads and tracks, many
alongside rivers and through woods and enjoyed it all.
Sarrancolin itself is a pretty medieaval village with more obvious
life than I've seen for some time and Arreau tomorrow should offer
more still as I get closer to the mountains again. I should have an
even shorter day tomorrow - not much more than 5 miles is my estimate.
And I've booked a recommended hotel (d'Angleterre) in the hopes of
doing a bit better than today. I have come to the conclusion that
discomfort and solitude are fine, but not both together, and it is so
quiet everywhere that it's hard to avoid the solitude.
Sorry about all the typos by the way. The iPhone is great but the
touchscreen keyboard is awfully fiddly.
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