48km
By the
time I finished packing the rain had stopped. Oatso Easy and 3 enerjellies for
breakfast. No other solution but to cut the pages out of the guide book to put
where I can read them while riding. Tough riding on the tracks and farmland.
Narrow tracks, thick clay wet from the rain mixed with a liberal dose of
pigshit (sorry sensitive viewers by there is really no other way to say it) and
very thick grass, impossible to ride through. Stopped for a coffee in Tournehem,
as I walked into the Brasserie I smelled an overwhelming pong of aforementioned
PS. The lady owner took one sniff of my niff and made haste to find me a spot
outside.
Notwithstanding
the new arrangement with the guide pages I still got lost many times and had to
back track. Really tough day, lots of stops for rest and a fair whack of
walking.
But......
Arrived in Wisques, tired and hungry and cannot find the campsite. Reported to
the local Monastry St Pauls and asked for accommodation and a meal. What a warm
welcome, own room, hot shower, very good meal shared in total silence with the
12 monks who run this outstandingly beautiful monastery they even gave me a
beer with my supper. And breakfast tomorrow morning. All for a donation should
I wish to make one.
Tough
day, great ending. Via Francigena 1 Elred 1
What an amazing experience to have spent the night in the Monastery. Wow!
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