Walking Day 9 - Anoye to Morlaas - 15km - then bus to Pau - 10 km

We awoke early, breakfasted, bid farewell to our new found pilgrim friends and were out the door at 7:30am.  For the past couple of days JL has been developing a full on cold, that we now needed to treat seriously,  both for her and others.  The scheduled day would have been 32km or 20 mi which would be tough with the growing cold effects and would have us staying in another communal gite.  In addition the weather window was closing if we were slow to get to the mountain base.  So we altered our plan.  We enjoyed a nice walk on the chemin, which was mostly dry enough, but there were still some very muddy sections.  As always JL has her eye out for first time plants and we found mint, which we chewed, and holly.

The walk was quick and we found ourselves in Morlaas before noon.  We found a pharmacy and got some cold remedies, then enjoyed a cafe au lait and discussed the next part of our plan.  We took a bus to Pau, ending at the train station, then the funiculaire up into the mairie where we found the tourist office, then hotel.

This allowed JL a shorter day in a quiet room to get much needed rest.  But before that could happen we had one more quest.  The weather has been colder then any of the locals can remember and JL has been concerned about her outer garments, so we found the local equivalent of REI and bought her a new hiking jacket.  That done,  JL got in bed and I went out and found a Tapas Bar then pizza to go.