A carefully timed start to the day to allow farewells to Anne and Jane as they boarded the bus to Clermont Ferrand, the first stage of their journey home. The remaining 5 of us did the longest day’s walk yet, about 27km, ending up at the highest campsite yet at above 1100m. Luckily some cloud cover so it wasn’t too cold. Magnificent wild flower meadows and of course the local cows with the dark eyes. The coffee stop provided very yummy flaky almond pastries to keep us going.