Part deux:

Today as we reached Lamothe we found ourselves walking along an old railroad grade similar to the trail system back home. The railroads had been completely removed from this region and the pilgrimage route moved onto the railroad grade. It has become a rails to trails system as in the US. We followed this route for 7 kilometers to reach Eauze for tonight. Tomorrow it is supposed to start raining until the end of the week do we plan to take the time to p ahead to St. Jean Pied-de-Port to get started on the spanish section. It is complicated to get anywhere here. We have to take the bus to Pau, then a train to Bayonne, then switch to a local train to go to St. Jean. We will spend two days there before crossing the Pyreness, if good weather moves in then. Happy trails.