With a modest distance to cover, and it being a stat holiday, I was in no rush to vacate my modest cabin in the Maubourguet campsite. The path was not that inspiring today, but having been raised on a farm, there is always something of interest at the farms you pass by.
Church with a commanding view
The yellow crop is, I believe, mustard. I passed close by several fields, and they were humming with bees – making honey dijon no doubt. I’m staying tonight in the town of Marciac, which has held a highly regarded jazz festival for the past 40 years. Sting is one of the headlining acts at this year’s edition in late July. It’s a good thing all the stores were closed as the merch looked great. It saves me carrying yet another piece of excess weight! https://www.jazzinmarciac.com/
The St Jacques tower where I was going to be staying tonight. I’m in the main building instead as it’s not ready for the season. I had a good snoop around though!
In 2009, we embarked on a one-year family sailing adventure aboard a Grand Soleil 39, "SV Mulan". Our original sailing blog is linked on this site.
In 2017, Susan, Andrew, Sam & Max walked the Camino Frances from St-Jean-Pied-de-Porte to Santiago de Compostella (and rode bikes from Burgos to Leon as a blister recovery strategy), and in 2018 Jack also joined the crew as we waled the northern section of the Camino Portuguese from Porto to S de C.
In 2019 Andrew, accompanied by Max for the first few hundred kms, and Susan for the Tiscan section, walked the via francigena from Canterbury to Rome. That journey is blogged in this site.
This blog is planned as an alternative to the endless instagram posts used previously to communicate with those interested in our travels - although there is a linked instagram account as well!
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I was wondering if you would get mobbed if you were there while Sting was in town…. Don’t chance it! The honey Dijon was a better pun than bees and Sting. Good call. MCK
2saunter 
I was wondering if you would get mobbed if you were there while Sting was in town…. Don’t chance it! The honey Dijon was a better pun than bees and Sting.
Good call. MCK
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