Limoges - again!

We've arrived back in Limoges after one week in La Charente getting acclimatized to the region, the terrain, the climate and the French. We have done one proper practice walk with all the gear on our backs and were pleasantly surprised that we managed 12Km sans probleme. The sticks (walking poles) helped enormously taking the weight off the dodgy knees.

We have had a good lunch in Limoges and are 'resting' in a cyber cafe until the refuge opens hopefully at 4pm. We decided to stay one night here in our first Refuge du Pellerins so that we can get an early start tomorrow and get 12Km under our belt before lunch. We are also hoping we might get some inside information about the route, accomodation and food. There is very little written about food en route in the literature and as this is a subject close to out hearts we are a tad worried about sustenance out in the wild and off the beaten track. Tempers get frayed when hypoglcaemia sets in!

We visited Patzi and James (ex-Hebden Bridgers) in Montmorillon (La Cité d'écrit). They are busy moving their English bookshop to new premises to accomodate more books and Patzi's beautiful old french linen and objets d'Arts. We had a lovely lunch with them -thank you folks - and it is wonderful to see some ex-pats making such a good job of integrating with the locals. We are hoping to meet up with Patzi again for Easter which will hopefully be in Perigueux, our next planned day off after 8 days walking.

Mo has been doing some serious planning revising our distances and stopovers but the motto has to be 'one day at a time sweet Jesus' - especially if we end up with the Sisters of Mercy ce soir!