Decided today to give Topsy a short walk, then to do a little local exploring with Happy. Walked Topsy without a bootie and she is not limping, which is good progress. Repeated it about 5PM and she was still well, but not inclined to play boisterously with Happy. So will increase the distance gradually and […]
Today everything was washed: me; all my clothes and the dog’s sleeping bag. I plan to hose down my rucksack tomorrow. My socks got washed twice and I still don’t think that was enough! I have worked on the principal of wear one, wash one. However hand washing with hair shampoo (my only form of […]
What a luxury! To be in a BED at 9AM! Today was a day of rest and of catching up. Anything that cold be dried was. A quick late afternoon walk with the dogs, then an evening meal with the neighbours. Alan and Monique have been most hospitable and I was treated to some of […]
When we arrived in Cognac yesterday, we instantly had another fight to get Topsy (and Happy), as Guide Dogs, onto a city bus to get to the campsite. Then found that the bus stopped 1k from the campsite and there was no option but for Topsy to hobble slowly there, passimg a travellers site on […]
For the second time in my life, a bus-stop has caused it to change direction. When the dogs and I arrived early yesterday evening at the hamlet of Basse Vacherie, we sat down on a stone bench below a blue bus stop sign. Topsy had gamely struggled on for 14k on a mixture of roads, […]
Have been through an area of poor internet availabity and also very short on power, needed for map. Topsy main concern. Have made shoes out of 2€ pink booties and are falling apart after 2 days. Problem is in keeping them on and I am becoming a expert on French tapes. Have even tried duck […]
This post added later as no mobile reception when camped. We went into Beaumont-sur-Niort and went into the first open cafe on a corner of tbe Town Square. He did not have any croissants, but was happy to let me eat my own that I bought in the Boullangerie on tbe other side of […]
Post added later as battery low and phone needed for map reading. I am always glad to leave behind large cities, such as Niort. They seem an intrusion into the general agricultural emptiness of France. We soon walked into Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan. The first thing we came to was an ornamental river bed just built for […]
No mobile signal as caamped by a river in a valley. Added this post later. Spent the night about 4k north of Niort on the banks of the Sèvre Niortaise, opposite Chateau Beurre-Baillon. We did 18k today, which is good going, as long as I could stop Topsy’s boots and socks falling off. Most […]
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