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| A 1940’s vibe |
The town of Hagetmau looked like it might have been a good next stop. There’s a crypt, an ancient Mary Magdalene church, and a couple of good restaurants. Perfect. However, on arrival we found the crypt was closed, the church was closed - and the restaurants were closed. Sigh. It was a nice place walk around but we ended up spending the afternoon chilling out in the van watching tele as Graham had wanted a short drive and didn’t feel like moving on. We were greeted by primroses and violets on our morning walk so the visit was worthwhile after all.
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| Good morning |
We felt like we needed some yummy food after our disappointing culinary experience and noted that the unfortunately named Pissos (a place we’d stopped at on the way down which has an excellent restaurant) was on our way so we put that in the Tom Tom and headed off. The whole way all we saw along the roadside were pine forests, pine forests, and more pine forests. They like a bit of wood around here.
As we drove along I noticed a statue of a person on stilts and remembered there were shepherds in Les Landes area who used to work the fields by walking on stilts. I found a website with some amazing photos of these shepherds doing what they do best. Click the link Here if you’d like to get more information on this.
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Just the occasional pine tree
Pissos didn’t disappoint with the restaurant and the weather was really warm so we took the opportunity to explore a bit more than last time. The forest behind us was dotted with small holiday cabins, probably for Scouts. Opposite was a very interesting cemetery with some unusual headstones. The white gravestones belonged to those killed in both the First and Second World Wars and were obviously very well kept.
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| Angelic child’s head |
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| War graves in white |
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| Metal headstone |
We’ve finally moved on from the pine forests and are parked by the Garonne Canal in Fontet. It’s unseasonably warm and I actually got down to my singlet on our 6 km walk along the tow path - no photos of that you’ll be happy to hear. I fear the weather maybe turning tonight so we’re braced for rain tomorrow.
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| A change of scenery |
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| A beam of light |
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| Still in the jumper |
