Dandelions And Daffodils

Fields full of dandelions...

... gradually gave way to fields full of daffodils...

In La Chaze-du-Peyre I picnicked on some stone steps in the village square and watched a craftswoman fit sections of new or repaired stained glass into the octofoil window of the church...

I remembered that the last time I'd been here a small dog had sneaked up behind me and snapped at my ankles, tearing a hole in my trousers.  I'm lucky, because this is the only time a dog has tried to bite me during all my Caminos.

Between La Chaze-du-Peyre and Lasbros stands the tiny Chapelle de Bastide, strangely situated at the junction of three roads...  

I was soon to encounter the haunting, open plateau land of the Aubrac: a region of wide, almost treeless vistas; bizarrely-shaped outcrops of basalt rock; high, tussocky meadows teeming with wild flowers; and long views of distant, snow-capped mountains. This is a remote and sparsely inhabited area, known only to the walker, the shepherd, the botanist, the geologist and the connoisseur of landscape...