Camino Photo of the Day: Not Wright Park

Out of the forest, the Camino quite suddenly approached the village of Labastide-Murat through a lovely park beside a pond. Suddenly, out of nowhere, there was a manicured lawn, benches, and picnic tables. It reminded me of Wright Park back home in Tacoma, where Francine and I have logged countless training kilometers over the years. I thought that surely this must be a mirage of some kind. A figment of a deluded mind desperate for the village. I didn’t care. I sat on one of the benches. It was real. My feet throbbed. It was almost 2:30 PM, and I had logged 29.9 km so far. After drinking a little water and giving my feet a moment to calm down, I continued for the last kilometer of the day.

Date: 02 September 2023
Place: entering Labastide-Murat, Lot Département, Region of Occitanie, France

Maps!

The site I’ve been using for my daily maps, Gronze.com, while otherwise great, unfortunately doesn’t have maps for this variant. So here’s a map from my book Practical Pilgrimage showing the entirety of the three main variants and larger sub-variants. I walked the GR6 from Figeac to Rocamadour and the GR46 on to Cahors.