Nasbinals to Saint Chely d’Aubrac, 9km Walk, 8km ride 04/07/22

Unfortunately, the forecast for this morning ended up being pretty accurate. Left out of Nasbinals a little after 8:00am in rain and fog. From here it was a climb over 9km to Aubrac,with nothing in between. Seemed to be mainly cow pastures, although I really couldn’t see much of anything between the fog and the rain. It also started blowing rather substantially with gust around 25kts. Luckily my rain gear worked well, but, there is no way you can be out in this kind of weather without various things getting wet, including your boots and socks. Fortunately at Aubrac there was something open for a cup of well needed hot tea. After recuperating for about 45 minutes I headed back out into the weather, through the little town and down the road, it started blowing again, and I decided that I’d had enough, went in to a restaurant and asked if there were a taxi, which didn’t go anywhere, but a local heard the request and offered to drive me the 8km to Saint Chely. That worked well as I arrived wet and bedraggled but in time for a late lunch. After which they put the rush on prepping my room and, now have various items spread on the radiators drying and boots stuffed with newspaper. Definitely one of the more unpleasant days on the camino, especially the wind. At one point it even hailed for awhile. Ugh…. Tomorrow is supposed to rain again, but from here I think altitude goes down rather than up, which makes a big difference not only to temperature but the amount of effort expended in walking. Sorry not many photos it was too wet to stop and try to take out the phone.

Walking summary so far, keep in mind this is with a 20+lbs pack.

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