Navarrenx was a pleasant town with a few cafes and a nice feel to it. Today was the Ascension, so another holiday in France. This resulted in extremely crowded walking, at one point I counted 30 pilgrims! To understand this, it is part of May in France that everyone “faire le Pont” or makes the bridge. If a holiday is on Wednesday and or Thursday you can take the Friday off and end up with 5 days off only using one vacation day. So, I think part of the crowds had to do with that. Lovely weather today but still lots of sucking mud. Got up and just trudged along, beautiful mountains in the background. Eventually after a stop for a snack, got off the trail to Charritte le Bas where the Gite owner picked me up promptly. Spectacular property with a wedding for 40 people this evening, so I’m sure that it is going to be an experience. 23,000 steps.