Beautiful morning as we left Arthez. Pyrenees were in full view and getting bigger as we walk towards. Kept a moderate pace and made two stops this morning. First we stopped at at town with a small epicerie that served some coffee. Not great but a short rest. Marched on until we reached an Abbye that was unfortunately under renovation. A small cafe nearby was our second resting spot where we stopped and ate our picnic, enjoyed a spot of coffee and watched a multitude of Pelerin start to show up. The path appears to be getting more populated. We marched on and reached our destination village of Navarranx. It's a walled bastide city that is very well preserved. We spent some time wandering and finding the tourism office. Got to our Gite and found it to be basically a construction site. The owners are new and renovating this old building. And unfortunately, this has turned out to be a not so pleasant place to stay. Our room is very nice with a great shower and comfy beds but the dinner was meager and average at best albeit served with a decent salad. We dined in the back warehouse that was very cold with a bat flying around. For four weeks we have always done our own laundry but this was the first time that a Gite offered laundry as included so we decided to take them up on the offer. But after the dinner ended at close to 10:00 we found our laundry washed but not dried. We also found our bedroom very cold. They also owned an almost constantly barking dog that was highly annoying. We chose this place upon someone's recommendation but we are not impressed. We have had many great places so far so can't really complain too much. As a pilgrim, I am thankful for shelter and sustenance but this was disappointing.
On to tomorrow.
Gite Giraffe - good potential but far away from being a place to recommend
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