Crazy day: I finally analyzed my foot problem as tendinitis. Now thinking my brace wasn't helping, I saw a pharmacist who confirmed tendinitis and told me to stop the walk. Yeah right. But it did bring me to my senses. I was thinking of doing 31 km tomorrow and, of course, that knocked that idea out--so I'll do about 17 km instead.
I do think it's slowly improving. I did about 25 km (15.6 mi) today and ended up hobbling maybe the last mile. I'll get there. . . Am sharing a hotel room with a first-day walker from Pons, named Constant, a beautiful name that makes you strive hard in life to be unwavering!--at 20+€ each, it was the best deal. My two other older friends are staying with friends and the three younger hikers decided on another hotel. We kept meeting each other at rest stops through the day! I'll see what tomorrow brings as far as meeting up with new walkers. Only 3 nights out from Bordeaux, then I head to the coast, the others toward St Jean (the traditional Camino Frances starting point).
Pictures: Saying farewell to Dominique and Robert, setting the bar for an exceptionally wide load, a boat, that took both lanes, Mirambeau's church with Office de Tourisme just across it, and my roommate for tonight.
