Day 14 Miramont-Sensacq to Fichous Riumayou 22kms and 835m (255.5kms 6352m)

We left our amazing hosts and walked the 700m into the village for the bakery as we entered the village we were stunned
The snow covered Pyrenees greated us. In a week we would be crossing them. Just a bit daunting🫣.
A very pleasant walk, sunny but cool got us to morning tea in Pimbo, and this view from our seats
The town gardener had cleverly pruned large trees to provide summer shade.
We think that the trees actually grew together (grafted).
We dallied to long!!!!
If you have read our last France blog, or travelled in rural France you know there is no long lunch. 
Arriving in Arzacq- Arraziguet for lunch at 1.50pm was Dangerous!!!!
The town had two cafes and 3 hotels!
Cafe 1 = closed
Cafe 2 = kitchen closed, barman dismissive
Tourist information centre = closed ( lady opened for us and suggested Hotel 1
Walking past Hotel 2 = closed
Hotel 1 closing now = can do menu de jour
Taboulie, fish and cake = yes please

Taboulie = couscous= yummy
Fish = very odd= tough gelatinous rubber = conger= big eel.
Cake = 🍰 
I guess we were lucky to find lunch!
The afternoon walk was very hard. Warm country lanes and roads that just kept going up.
Our hosts that night were amazing.
Argentinians who left in 1988 and brought up 4 kids in Switzerland. They chose this village and a delapidated farmhouse to be on the Camino route.
They rebuilt the house, added rooms and grew most of the produce including 7 beehives. They lost 5 hives last year to a huge wasp ( think sparrow size) that eats bees. Miriam cooks for up to 12 guests and passing hikers. We asked Andre which trades he did on the renovation ( plumbing, carpentry, tiling and electrical) He just grinned and said - all of them - I like a challenge.
Good night.

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