After the difficulty and extra walking involved in eating lunch yesterday, I’m pleased to report that dinner was good, the room comfortable and a pleasant stay over all at Gite La Hulotte. It is a long way from town so consider that if you are planning to stay there. Walked out with Manfred and Tomas, two German gentlemen who have been walking various camino routes for years. They are good company and experienced walkers. We stopped in Limogne for coffee about 45minutes in to the morning and then I picked up a stockpile of cheese and charcuterie to guard against further lack of food incidents. Walking was fairly easy and not terribly scenic today but not unpleasant. Eventually found a restaurant a mile or so short of my destination to have lunch. Another strange Frenchism….. only one menu of the day available, ok, I’ll have that, 4 courses for 15 euros yes please. Ordered, and waited, and waited and waited, eventually asked the waitress where my food was, since the restaurant had filled and everyone else was eating: “oh we don’t serve food on the terrace.” HUH??? And you didn’t think to tell me? What about the other person eating on the terrace? Oh well they are just having a salad so that doesn’t count…..HUH??? Eventually it was agreed that I could in fact eat on the terrace and food was then provided promptly, but honestly, no mention of this was made and I still don’t understand how anyone French or foreign would be expected to know this…. Arghh. It was a really good lunch, though. Another hour and half of walking brought me to a lovely Gite, Les Colombiers, in Bach, run by Belgians who are super hospitable. There is even a pool, and it was warm enough to have a quick dip, although they were replacing the light, so refilling pool and the water was cold! Looking forward to dinner since they are clearly into cooking, there’s a Paella fire ring and gas bottle sitting out!