We would now be walking along the “Passa-Pais” green-way for a week, 80km in total to Bedarieux, where we would get the train to Narbonne.
Labastide Rouiaroux is a small village, we were staying here two nights in order to visit the textile museum, but it was closed tomorrow due to an event being staged there, it would open next day at 14:00. so we would have to rest tomorrow, visit the next day and then walk the planned 14km to St. Pons that evening.
Dining at L-R was somewhat restricted – there was only a pizzeria, mainly a take-away, but there were a couple of tables, we were the only customers for both visits here, the pizzas were very good and huge, the cook/server was a jovial lady – and she gave me a free bottle of beer to take away.
We ate bread and cheese and fruit, I opened my beer and it frothed-up and sprayed everywhere! Perhaps it was a trick bottle – there was a lot of mopping-up to do.
October 4th, Labastide-R to St. Pons
Then lunch at the pizzeria, then at last the visit to the textile museum, which was an old weaving factory – we had a guided tour (in French) – much of interest, many of the machines manufactured in England, Manchester etc. The valley still has weaving factories that make haute-couture cloth – tweed for Chanel etc. There was a display of sporting clothing through the ages – in honour of the Olympics again.
