Day 3-SauguesUp early and on the road by 8am to climb 400 metres in the first 2 hours out of the river Allier valley. Wonderful views back down over the town of Monistrol. Enormous rock faces with volcanic layers holding together granite rocks like cement. At the top of the mountain a chance to pose in our Vinnies T-shirts. A little later on, a garage seemingly owned by an invalid who makes and sells coffee to the rare pilgrim this early in the season. One son who does mechanical work, another is making walking poles or the pilgrims expected after Easter and who is fascinated with and can play he didgeridoo. No English between them and almost non existent French on our part it didn’t get in the way of a stop work bilateral coffee session.
We have come across so many charming French people out here in the countryside and are gaining much walking fitness over the first three days. The temperature is 20 degrees during the day, however, it gets cold late in the day. Where are all the pilgrims and walkers? Surely these are ideal conditions. This must be exceptional is the only conclusion possible, for we left Australia with the anticipation of walking through snow at these elevations. We had some sad news last night regarding David Day, son of John and Margaret in our parish. New cancers have been found so we will keep him and his young family in our prayers and ask those of faith to join with us. Today we lit our first candle as a symbol of prayer for David and his family.
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John Day
5/4/2017 09:07:49 pm
Thank you Enda & Jerard for the inclusion of David & his family in your pilgrimage intentions. We walked together as a family at this year's Melanoma March on 2 April - a very small walk compared to yours but one connected with yours through our joint intentions. David has the first of his immunotherapy infusions on 20 April - we hope that you might be able to keep him and his family in your hearts on that day. John
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