Saint-Chely-d'Aubrac to Espallion 22.2kms (163.2kms) 363m up

This would have been a very hard day had we not had two lots of help.
We walked steeply downhill through the town to an ancient bridge
We then climbed steeply on the narrow road before entering a series of Beech and Birch forests
We had bought a bagette and a tarte each as there was meant to be nowhere to eat for 18kms. We planned to walk for two hours, stop, 90min stop, 90 minutes stop in Saint-Com-d'Olt then walk the last two plus hours to Espallion.
Quite a day!
At 90 minutes we met two Aussies from Sydney. We walked and talked for about two hours then stopped at a farmhouse in their guidebook but not ours. The talk and torte gave us the strength to continue on to Saint-Com-d'Olt.
This was a beautiful village with an ancient church
Whilst having a cafe au lait we met a Swiss girl walking from Geneva to Santiago de Compostella (2000kms)
She advised us to skip the mountain ahead and walk the road (saving an hour of hard work. What an inspiring girl she was!!
Espallion was a busy but picturesque town.

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