Camino Photo of the Day: a Look Across the Aubrac

The Aubrac plateau very much reminds me of the Spanish Meseta, with a couple of important differences. For one thing, it’s a lot smaller. While walking across the Meseta on the Camino Francés will generally take you more than a week, the Aubrac is closer to three or so days. There are more rolling hills and trees on the Aubrac, and rather than agriculture, the main industry is the famous Aubrac cattle. So having said all that, they feel similar to me – a place at once isolated and yet full of the signs of human activity. A place where you can walk alone for hours, lost in your prayers and thoughts. A place where the Divine is immanent.

Date: 23 August 2023
Place: between Nasbinals and Aubrac, Lozère Département, Region of Occitanie, France

Maps!

If you’re the sort who looks at the maps, you’ll note that the stage shown is 32+km long. I split this up into two days, since I wanted to spend some time exploring both Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac and Saint-Côme-d’Olt, both of which are on the list of most beautiful villages in France.