La Ferme de Bicatou had 15 people for dinner last night and did a good job with duck pate followed by a green salad and some roast chicken. Slept reasonably well in very narrow twin bed, but comfortable room overall. Was out the door at 8:00am for long day today. Pleasant overall and di not get rained on. First day of the trip that I didn’t get rained on, but there was plenty of mud and at one point I diverted off trail to avoid an enormous mud puddle. Today was lots of steep up and downs, fortunately mostly not of long duration, but definitely got the blood flowing. After a few breaks made it in to Navarrenx around 2:45pm. This is a fortified town with many of the walls still intact. A few cafes and restaurants and I’m in a modest chain hotel room. All good, but was definitely ready for a shower and a break on arrival. 33,000 steps.